Maki (name)

This article is about the Japanese name. For the Finnish name, see Mäki. For other uses, see Maki (disambiguation).

Maki

Gender	Female (unisex)
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Other names
Related names	Makiko

Maki (まき, マキ) is a very common feminine Japanese given name which can also be used as a surname.

Maki can be written using different kanji characters and can mean (the list is not exhaustive):

as a given name

• 真貴, "true, precious"
• 真樹, "true, timber trees"
• 真紀, "true, chronicle"
• 真希, "true, hope"
• 麻紀, "linen, chronicle"
• 麻貴, "linen, precious"

The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

as a surname

• 巻, "roll"
• 槙, "evergreen tree"
• 槇, "yew plum pine"
• 牧, "herd"
• 真木, "true, tree"

People

Given name

Women

• Mākii (マーキー, born 1987), Japanese musician
• Maki Arai (麻葵, born 1982), Japanese tennis player
• Maki Asakawa (浅川マキ, 1942–2010), Japanese singer
• Maki Goto (真希, born 1985), Japanese pop singer
• Maki Horikita (真希, born 1988), Japanese actress
• Maki Ito (伊藤 麻希, born 1995), Japanese professional wrestler
• Maki Kawamura (真樹), Japanese ballerina
• Maki Kawase (河瀬 茉希, born 1995), Japanese voice actress
• Maki Meguro (真希, born 1972), Japanese actress
• Maki Mita (三田 真希, born 1983), Japanese swimmer
• Maki Miyamae (真樹, born 1973), J-pop singer
• Maki Mizuno (真紀, born 1970), Japanese actress
• Maki Murakami (真紀), Japanese manga artist
• Maki Narumiya (真希, born 1985), Japanese professional wrestler
• Maki Nishiyama (茉希, born 1985), Japanese fashion model
• Maki Ohguro (摩季, born 1969), Japanese pop singer and songwriter
• Maki Okazoe (岡副 麻希, born 1992), Japanese television personality
• Maki Otsuki (マキ, born 1973), Japanese singer and musician
• Maki Sakai (真紀, born 1970), Japanese actress
• Maki Tabata (真紀, born 1974), Japanese speed skater
• Maki Tsukada (真希, born 1982), Japanese female judoka
• Maki Yano (真紀, born 1977), Japanese pop singer
• Maki Matsumoto (真季, born 1996), Japanese television announcer

Men

• Maki Ishii (眞木, 1936–2003), Japanese male composer
• Maki Kaji (真起, 1951–2021), Japanese male businessman

Surname

• Carmen Maki (マキ), born Maki Annette Lovelace, American-Japanese singer
• Fumihiko Maki (槇) (1928—2024) Japanese architect
• Fuyukichi Maki (牧), Japanese actor
• Jun Maki (眞木), Japanese copywriter
• Karina Maki (巻), Japanese handball player
• Kazumi Maki (真木), Japanese theoretical physicist
• Seiichiro Maki (巻), Japanese football player
• Shinichi Maki (牧), Japanese fencer
• Shinji Maki (牧), Japanese comedian
• Taichiro Maki (牧), Japanese professional wrestler
• Yasuomi Maki (真木), Japanese samurai of the late Edo period
• Yōko Maki (actress) (真木), Japanese actress
• Yoko Maki (manga artist) (槙), Japanese manga artist
• Yoshio Maki (牧), Japanese politician
• Yuki Maki (巻), Japanese football player

Non-Japanese people

Given name

• Maki (singer) (born 1999), Filipino singer
• Maki Pulido (born 1972), Filipino broadcaster

Surname

• Chico Maki (1939–2015)
• Pete Maki
• Tomi Maki (born 1983), Finnish ice hockey player
• Wayne Maki (1944–1973)

Fictional characters

Given name

• Maki Aikawa (相川 摩季), the protagonist in the Air Master series
• Maki Genryusai (源柳斉 真紀; マキ), character in Final Fight and Street Fighter video game series
• Maki Karii (雁井 真希), an alias Minami Maki uses in Magical Trans!
• Maki Katsuragi (桂木 眞己), a male main character in Stars Align
• Maki Harukawa (春川 魔姫), a character from Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
• Maki Nikaido, one of the main characters of Death Note film series spin-off L: Change the World
• Maki Nishikino (西木野 真姫), character in the Love Live! School Idol Project series
• Maki Oze (茉希 尾瀬), a character in Fire Force
• Maki Shijo (四条 眞妃), character in the Kaguya-sama series
• Maki Zen'in (禪院真希), a character from Jujutsu Kaisen
• Maki Konuri (小塗 マキ), a character from the role-playing game Blue Archive

Surname

• Kiyoka Maki, the Ultimate Sniper, from Danganronpa Another Despair Academy
• Kiyoto Maki (真木 清人), character in the Kamen Rider OOO series
• Minami Maki (真木 南), a character from Magical Trans!
• Natsuo Maki (真木夏緒), a character from Love Lab
• Shinichi Maki (牧 紳一), a character from Slam Dunk
• Shoko Maki (間木 照子), the alias of Naomi Misora from Death Note
• Shunichi Maki, the main character in Ultraman (2004 film)