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 (the list is not exhaustive): The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
 * 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"
 * as a surname
 * 巻, "roll"
 * 槙, "evergreen tree"
 * 槇, "yew plum pine"
 * 牧, "herd"
 * 真木, "true, tree"

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), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Maki Kawamura (真樹), Japanese ballerina
 * Maki Kawase (河瀬 茉希), Japanese voice actress
 * Maki Meguro (真希, born 1972), Japanese actress
 * Maki Mita (三田 真希), 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), Japanese television personality
 * (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
 * (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) (b. 1928), 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

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

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!
 * Shinichi Maki (牧 紳一), a character from Slam Dunk
 * Shoko Maki (間木 照子), the alias of Naomi Misora from Death Note