# 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):

## 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
### Given name
#### 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, born 1995), Japanese professional wrestler
* Maki Kawamura (真樹), Japanese ballerina
* Maki Kawase (河瀬 茉希, born 1995), Japanese voice actress
* Maki Meguro (真希, born 1972), Japanese actress
* 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
* Maki Okazoe (岡副 麻希, born 1992), Japanese television personality
* Maki Otsuki [ja] (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
* Maki Matsumoto [ja] (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) (1928—2024) 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
#### Given name

* Maki (singer) (born 1999), Filipino singer
* Maki Pulido (born 1972), Filipino broadcaster

#### Surname

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

## 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
* 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
* Shoko Maki (間木 照子), the alias of Naomi Misora from Death Note
* Shunichi Maki, the main character in Ultraman (2004 film)