Save Type Surname (from location) Usage Japanese Scripts 宮下(Japanese Kanji) みやした(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. MEE-YA-SHEE-TA, MEE-YASH-TA [key·IPA] Meaning & History From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".