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"
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People
Given name
Mākii (マーキー; born 1987), known as Maki Onaga, Japanese musician
Maki Arai (新井 麻葵; born 1982), Japanese tennis player
Maki Asakawa (浅川 マキ; 1942–2010), Japanese jazz and blues singer, lyricist and composer
Maki Carrousel (カルーセル 麻紀; born 1942), Japanese transgender actress
Maki Eguchi (江口 真紀; born 1978), Japanese former basketball player
Maki Enjōji (円城寺 マキ), Japanese manga artist
Maki Fujiyoshi (藤好 麻希; born 1974), Japanese former volleyball player
Maki Goto (後藤 真希; born 1985), Japanese singer, lyricist, and former actress
Maki Hanatani (花谷 麻妃; born 2002), Japanese singer and voice actress
Maki Haneta (埴田 真紀; born 1972), Japanese former football player
Maki Horikita (堀北 真希; born 1988), Japanese former actress
Maki Ichiro (路 真輝; born 1965), Japanese actress
Maki Ikeda (池田 真紀; born 1972), Japanese politician
Maki Ito (伊藤 槙紀; born 1984), Japanese para table tennis player
Maki Itoh (伊藤 麻希; born 1995), Japanese professional wrestler
Maki Kashimada (鹿島田 真希; born 1976), Japanese writer
Surname
Carmen Maki (カルメン・マキ; born 1951), born Maki Annette Lovelace, American-Japanese singer
Claude Maki (真木 蔵人; born 1972), Japanese surfing and flight champion, actor and hip hop singer
Fumihiko Maki (槇 文彦; 1928—2024), Japanese architect
Fuyukichi Maki (牧 冬吉; 1930–1998), Japanese actor
Haku Maki (巻白; 1924–2000), Japanese sōsaku-hanga
Izumi Maki (athlete) (真木 和; 1968–2018), Japanese long-distance runner
Jun Maki (眞木 準; 1948–2009), Japanese copywriter
Karina Maki (巻 加理奈; born 1982), Japanese Team handball player
Kazumi Maki (真木 和美; 1936-2008), Japanese theoretical physicist
Masaki Maki (真木 将樹; born 1976), Japanese former professional baseball pitcher
Miyako Maki (牧 美也子; born 1935), Japanese manga artist
Seiichiro Maki (巻 誠一郎; born 1980), Japanese former professional footballer
Shinichi Maki (牧 真一; 1917–1977), Japanese fencer
Shinji Maki (牧 伸二; 1934-2013), Japanese mandan comedian
Shugo Maki (牧 秀悟; born 1998), Japanese professional baseball infielder
Taichiro Maki (牧 太一郎; born 1980), Japanese professional wrestler
Non-Japanese people
Maki (singer) (born 1999), Filipino singer
Maki Esther Ortiz (born 1962), Mexican politician
Maki Gingoyon (born 1990), Filipino transgender model, beauty queen, transgender activist, and businesswoman
Maki Kureishi (1927–1995), Pakistani poet
Maki Petratos (born 2000), Australian professional footballer
Maki Pitolo (born 1990), American mixed martial artist
Maki Pulido (born 1972), Filipino broadcaster
Ally Maki (born 1986), American actress and former musician
Chico Maki (1939–2015), Canadian ice hockey forward
Pete Maki (born 1982), American professional baseball coach
Roger A. Maki, American politician
Tomi Maki (born 1983), Finnish ice hockey player
Wayne Maki (1944–1973), Canadian professional ice hockey player
Fictional characters
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
Mahito Maki (牧 眞人), a character from The Boy and the Heron
Minami Maki (真木 南), a character from Magical Trans!
Natsuo Maki (真木 夏緒), a character from Love Lab
Shinichi Maki (牧 紳一), a character from Slam Dunk
Shoichi Maki (牧 勝一), a character from The Boy and the Heron
Shoko Maki (間木 照子), the alias of Naomi Misora from Death Note
Shunichi Maki, the main character in Ultraman (2004 film)