Surname · Chinese · Japanese
牧
“cow”·“a whip”
牧 is a surname. It is used in Chinese and Japanese.
Chinese and JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Maki.
Meaning & origin
What it means
牧 is built from elements meaning “cow” and “a whip”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
牧’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 牧 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as Maki.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named 牧
- Du MuChinese calligrapher, poet and politician (803–852)
- Li MuChinese general for the State of Zhao250 BC–228 BC
- Luo MuChinese artist (1622-1706)
- Qin MuChinese author and writer (1919-1992)
- Yang MuTaiwanese poet1940–2020
- Gu MuVice-Premier of the People's Republic of China between 1975 and 19821914–2009
- Zhongli MuChinese historical military leader
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