Given name
Makia
“one who is sweet”
Makia is a variant of Makea. One Finnish interpretation is “one who is sweet.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Makia is a variant of Makea. One Finnish interpretation is “one who is sweet.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Makia is a variant of Makea. An origin associated with Makea is Finnish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Makia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,381
- 28 boys · 1,353 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 69 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,541 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −55%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,541 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 63 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,260 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.
Makia’s family of names
In Hawaiian usage, Makia has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Matias. In Hawaiian usage, Makia has a conventional equivalent in the English form Matthias. Makia has a related form in Makea.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.