Given name & surname
Makis
“a gift from God”
Makis is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “a gift from God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “a gift from God.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2012. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Makis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7
- 7 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 7 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 7 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 105 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Makis’s family of names
Makis has a related form in Madys. Makis has a related form in Madysse. Makis has a related form in Makiss.
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 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 28
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Thomasequivalent
- Kosmasequivalent
- Themisequivalent
- Efthimiosequivalent
- Serafimequivalent
- Gerasimosequivalent
- Θωμάςequivalent
- Κοσμάςequivalent
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- Ευθύμιοςequivalent
- Ευθύμηςequivalent
- Timisequivalent
- Ιωακείμequivalent
- Akisequivalent
- Ioakimequivalent
- Θύμιοςequivalent
- Γεράσιμοςequivalent
- Θέμηςequivalent
- ΜάκηςGreek
- Iakovosequivalent
- Fomaequivalent
- Άκηςequivalent
- Μαύροςequivalent
- Μαυρουδήςequivalent
- Σεραφείμequivalent
- Ιάκωβοςequivalent
- Thimiosequivalent
- Τίμηςequivalent
- Фомаequivalent
People named Makis
- Makis VoridisGreek politicianborn 1964
- Makis DendrinosGreek basketball coach (1950–2015)
- Makis PapadimitriouGreek actorborn 1975
- Makis TsitasGreek writerborn 1971
- Makis ChavosGreek association football player and managerborn 1969
- Makis KeravnosCypriot banker & politicianborn 1951
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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