Given name & surname
Maki
“from the hill”
Maki is used as a given name and a surname. One Finnish interpretation is “from the hill.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Finnish interpretation is “from the hill.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Finnish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maki through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 730
- 519 boys · 211 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 45 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,664 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +5%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,664 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 15.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 40 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,652 as a first name in 2020; 8,791 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maki’s family of names
Maki has a related form in Makea. Maki has a related form in Makee. Maki has a related form in Makey.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 8
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
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 Maki
- Maki HanetaJapanese association football playerborn 1972
- Maki GotoJapanese female singer, talent and YouTuber (1986-)born 1985
- Maki HorikitaJapanese actressborn 1988
- Maki TsukadaJapanese judokaborn 1982
- Maki TabataJapanese speed skater and cyclistborn 1974
- Maki KajiJapanese businessman1951–2021
- Maki TakadaJapanese basketball player (born 1989)
- Maki KawaiJapanese chemistborn 1952
- Maki OhguroJapanese singer-songwriterborn 1969
Characters named Maki: Maki Genryusai (fictional video game character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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