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Maki (name)

{{about|the Japanese name|the Finnish name|Mäki|other uses|Maki (disambiguation)}}

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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.

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

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==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
  • {{Nihongo|Maki Ito|伊藤 麻希||born 1995}}, Japanese professional wrestler
  • Maki Kawamura (真樹), Japanese ballerina
  • {{Nihongo|Maki Kawase|河瀬 茉希||born 1995}}, Japanese voice actress
  • Maki Meguro (真希, born 1972), Japanese actress
  • {{Nihongo|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
  • {{Nihongo|Maki Okazoe|岡副 麻希||born 1992}}, Japanese television personality
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Maki Otsuki|ja|3=大槻マキ}} (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
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Maki Matsumoto (announcer)|ja|3=松本真季|lt=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
  • Maki Kitahara (北原 槙, born 2009), Japanese male footballer

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Category:Japanese feminine given names

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