Actually, I didn’t notice this until now, but the surname Harkness also works as an equivalent to Miyazaki, since OE hearg meant “altar; sacred place; temple”.
People apparently just really like naming their families after sacred peninsulas! Who knew!
I’ll treat anything as anything if i get to compare some words 🤤
this is great, thank you, Erika!
Actually, I didn’t notice this until now, but the surname Harkness also works as an equivalent to Miyazaki, since OE hearg meant “altar; sacred place; temple”.
People apparently just really like naming their families after sacred peninsulas! Who knew!