Maki (name)

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:

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
• 槙
• 槇
• 牧
• 真木

People

Given name

• Mākii (マーキー, born 1987), Japanese musician
• Maki Arai (麻希, born 1982), Japanese announcer in TBS)
• Maki Goto (真希, born 1985), Japanese pop singer
• Maki Horikita (真希, born 1988), Japanese actress
• Maki Ishii (眞木, 1936–2003), Japanese composer
• Maki Kaji (真起, born 1951), Japanese businessman
• Maki Kawamura (真樹), Japanese ballerina
• Maki Meguro (真希, born 1972), Japanese actress
• 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 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

Surname

• Chitose Maki (真木), Japanese illustrator
• Fumihiko Maki (槇), Japanese architect
• Fuyukichi Maki (牧), Japanese actor
• Jirō Maki (牧), Japanese physicist
• Jun Maki (眞木), Japanese copywriter
• Karina Maki (巻), Japanese handball player
• Seiichiro Maki (巻), Japanese football player
• 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

• A pair of Canadian brothers, both ice hockey wingers:
  • Chico Maki (1939–2015)
  • Wayne Maki (1944–1973)

Fictional characters

• Maki Aikawa (摩季), the protagonist in the Air Master series
• Maki Genryusai (マキ), character in Final Fight and Street Fighter video game series
• Kiyoto Maki (真木), character in the Kamen Rider OOO series
• Maki Nishikino (西木野 真姫), character in the Love Live! School Idol Project series