Given name
Akie
“Born in autumn”
Akie is a variant of Aki. “Born in autumn” is a Japanese interpretation. Aki is not the meaning of the Finnish name.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Akie is a variant of Aki. “Born in autumn” is a Japanese interpretation. Aki is not the meaning of the Finnish name.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Akie is a variant of Aki. The Finnish and Japanese uses of Aki have different backgrounds and should be understood separately.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Akie is a variant of Aki. The shared background comes through Aki: In Finnish, Aki developed as a diminutive of Joakim, and less often of Aukusti or Akseli. This does not explain its separate Japanese use.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Akie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 5 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 182 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Akie’s family of names
Akie has a related form in Aki. In Japanese usage, Akie is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 昭江. In Japanese usage, Akie is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 章江.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Akie
- Akie Abewife of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abeborn 1962
- Akie KotabeJapanese-American actor, producerborn 1980
- Akie HanaiJapanese amateur wrestlerborn 1999
- Akie YoshizawaJapanese idol, singer, actressborn 1968
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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