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
- çÂÂè²´, "true, precious"
- çÂÂ樹, "true, timber trees"
- çÂÂç´Â, "true, chronicle"
- çÂÂå¸Â, "true, hope"
- 麻ç´Â, "linen, chronicle"
- 麻貴, "linen, precious"
The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
as a surname
- å·», "roll"
- æ§Â, "evergreen tree"
- æ§Â, "yew plum pine"
- ç§, "herd"
- çÂÂæÂ¨, "true, tree"
People
Given name
Women
- MÃÂkii (ãÂÂã¼ãÂÂã¼, born 1987), Japanese musician
- Maki Arai (麻èµ, born 1982), Japanese tennis player
- Maki Asakawa (æµÂ
å·ÂãÂÂãÂÂ, 1942âÂÂ2010), Japanese singer
- Maki Goto (çÂÂå¸Â, born 1985), Japanese pop singer
- Maki Horikita (çÂÂå¸Â, born 1988), Japanese actress
- , Japanese professional wrestler
- Maki Kawamura (çÂÂ樹), Japanese ballerina
- , Japanese voice actress
- Maki Meguro (çÂÂå¸Â, born 1972), Japanese actress
- , Japanese swimmer
- Maki Miyamae (çÂÂ樹, born 1973), J-pop singer
- Maki Mizuno (çÂÂç´Â, born 1970), Japanese actress
- Maki Murakami (çÂÂç´Â), Japanese manga artist
- Maki Narumiya (çÂÂå¸Â, born 1985), Japanese professional wrestler
- Maki Nishiyama (èÂÂå¸Â, born 1985), Japanese fashion model
- Maki Ohguro (æÂ©å£, born 1969), Japanese pop singer and songwriter
- , Japanese television personality
- (ãÂÂãÂÂ, born 1973), Japanese singer and musician
- Maki Sakai (çÂÂç´Â, born 1970), Japanese actress
- Maki Tabata (çÂÂç´Â, born 1974), Japanese speed skater
- Maki Tsukada (çÂÂå¸Â, born 1982), Japanese female judoka
- Maki Yano (çÂÂç´Â, born 1977), Japanese pop singer
- (çÂÂå£, born 1996), Japanese television announcer
Men
- Maki Ishii (çÂÂæÂ¨, 1936âÂÂ2003), Japanese male composer
- Maki Kaji (çÂÂèµ·, 1951âÂÂ2021), Japanese male businessman
- Maki Kitahara (Ã¥ÂÂå æ§Â, born 2009), Japanese male footballer
Surname
- Carmen Maki (ãÂÂãÂÂ), born Maki Annette Lovelace, American-Japanese singer
- Fumihiko Maki (æ§Â) (1928âÂÂ2024) Japanese architect
- Fuyukichi Maki (ç§), Japanese actor
- Jun Maki (çÂÂæÂ¨), Japanese copywriter
- Karina Maki (å·»), Japanese handball player
- Kazumi Maki (çÂÂæÂ¨), Japanese theoretical physicist
- Seiichiro Maki (å·»), Japanese football player
- Shinichi Maki (ç§), Japanese fencer
- Shinji Maki (ç§), Japanese comedian
- Taichiro Maki (ç§), Japanese professional wrestler
- Maki Kitahara, Japanese footballer
- Yasuomi Maki (çÂÂæÂ¨), Japanese samurai of the late Edo period
- YÃ
Âko Maki (actress) (çÂÂæÂ¨), Japanese actress
- Yoko Maki (manga artist) (æ§Â), Japanese manga artist
- Yoshio Maki (ç§), Japanese politician
- Yuki Maki (å·»), Japanese football player
Non-Japanese people
Given name
Surname
Fictional characters
Given name
- Maki Aikawa (ç¸巠æÂ©å£), the protagonist in the Air Master series
- Maki Genryusai (æºÂæÂ³æÂ çÂÂç´Â; ãÂÂãÂÂ), character in Final Fight and Street Fighter video game series
- Maki Karii (éÂÂ亠çÂÂå¸Â), an alias Minami Maki uses in Magical Trans!
- Maki Katsuragi (æ¡ÂæÂ¨ çÂÂå·±), a male main character in Stars Align
- Maki Harukawa (æÂ¥å· éÂÂå§«), a character from '
- Maki Nikaido, one of the main characters of Death Note film series spin-off '
- Maki Nishikino (西æÂ¨é çÂÂå§«), character in the Love Live! School Idol Project series
- Maki Oze (èÂÂ帠尾ç¬), a character in Fire Force
- Maki Shijo (Ã¥ÂÂæÂ¡ çÂÂå¦Â), character in the Kaguya-sama series
- Maki Zen'in (禪é¢çÂÂå¸Â), a character from Jujutsu Kaisen
- Maki Konuri (å°Âå¡ ãÂÂãÂÂ), a character from the role-playing game Blue Archive
Surname
- Kiyoka Maki, the Ultimate Sniper, from Danganronpa Another Despair Academy
- Kiyoto Maki (çÂÂæÂ¨ æ¸Â
人), character in the Kamen Rider OOO series
- Mahito Maki (ç§ çÂÂ人), a character from The Boy and the Heron
- Minami Maki (çÂÂæÂ¨ Ã¥ÂÂ), a character from Magical Trans!
- Natsuo Maki (çÂÂæÂ¨ å¤Âç·Â), a character from Love Lab
- Shinichi Maki (ç§ ç´³ä¸Â), a character from Slam Dunk
- Shoichi Maki (ç§ Ã¥ÂÂä¸Â), a character from The Boy and the Heron
- Shoko Maki (éÂÂæÂ¨ çÂ
§åÂÂ), the alias of Naomi Misora from Death Note
- Shunichi Maki, the main character in Ultraman (2004 film)