Given name & surname
Masaki
“an unfortunate man”
Masaki is a variant of Masaaki. One African interpretation is “an unfortunate man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Masaki is a variant of Masaaki. One African interpretation is “an unfortunate man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Masaki is a variant of Masaaki. An origin associated with Masaaki is African.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Masaki through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 257
- 257 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 11 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 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 575 as a first name in 2020; 444 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.
Masaki’s family of names
Masaki has a related form in Masaaki. In Japanese usage, Masaki is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 将樹. In Japanese usage, Masaki is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 将生.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 21
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- 雅紀original script · Japanese
- 真規original script · Japanese
- 将生original script · Japanese
- 雅樹original script · Japanese
- 聖樹original script · Japanese
- 昌樹original script · Japanese
- 正樹original script · Japanese
- 雅貴original script · Japanese
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- 真輝original script · Japanese
- 政樹original script · Japanese
- 将樹original script · Japanese
- 政基original script · Japanese
- 昌輝original script · Japanese
- 正喜original script · Japanese
- 真崎original script · Japanese
- 正木original script · Japanese
- まさきoriginal script · Japanese
- 昌己original script · Japanese
- 真生original script · Japanese
- 正規original script · Japanese
- Μασάκηin another script · Greek
People named Masaki
- Masaki YokotaniJapanese association football playerborn 1952
- Masaki TsuchihashiJapanese association football playerborn 1972
- Masaki KobayashiJapanese film director (1916–1996)
- Masaki YanagawaJapanese association football playerborn 1987
- Masaki ChugoJapanese association football player and managerborn 1982
- Masaki YamamotoJapanese association football playerborn 1987
- Masaki OgawaJapanese association football player (born 1975)
- Masaki IidaJapanese association football playerborn 1985
- Masaki FukaiJapanese association football playerborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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