Maki (Japanese name)

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Maki


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gender = Female
meaning = It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
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origin = Japanese
related names = Makiko
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nihongo|Maki |まき, マキ is a very common feminine Japanese given name which can also be used as a surname.

Possible writings

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

Real people

; with the given name Maki
*Maki (マーキー), a Japanese musician
*Maki Goto (真希), a Japanese pop singer
*Maki Horikita (真希), a Japanese actress
*Maki Ishii (眞木), a Japanese composer
*Maki Kawamura (真樹), a Japanese ballerina
*Maki Meguro (真希), a Japanese actress
*Maki Miyamae (真樹), a J-pop singer
*Maki Mizuno (真紀), a Japanese actress
*Maki Murakami (真紀), a Japanese manga artist
*Maki Nomiya (真貴), a Japanese singer and musician
*Maki Ohguro (摩季), a Japanese pop singer and songwriter
*Maki Otsuki (真希), a Japanese singer and musician
*Maki Sakai (真紀), a Japanese actress
*Maki Tabata (真紀), a Japanese speed skater
*Maki Tomoda (真希), a Japanese AV actress
*Maki Tsukada (真希), a Japanese female judoka
*Maki Yano (真紀), a Japanese pop singer; with the surname Maki
*Chitose Maki (真木), a Japanese illustrator
*Fumihiko Maki (槇), a Japanese architect
*Fuyukichi Maki (牧), a Japanese actor
*Jun Maki (眞木), a Japanese copywriter
*Karina Maki (巻), a Japanese handball player
*Seiichiro Maki (巻), a Japanese football player
*Shinji Maki (牧), a Japanese comedian
*Yasuomi Maki (真木), a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period
*Yoko Maki (真木), a Japanese actress
*Yoko Maki (槙), a Japanese manga artist
*Yoshio Maki (牧), a Japanese politician
*Yuki Maki (巻), a Japanese football player

Fictional characters

; with the given name Maki
*Maki Genryusai (マキ), a video game character from both the "Final Fight" and "Street Fighter" series
*Maki Ichinose (真樹), a character in the anime and manga series "Bleach"
*Maki Kagura, a video game character from the "King of Fighters" series
*Maki Matsumoto (真樹), a character in the anime and manga series "Cardcaptor Sakura"; with the surname Maki
*Izumi Maki (真木), a character in the anime series "Martian Successor Nadesico"