Given name & surname
Saki
“one who wears a cloak”·“one who is cloaked”
Saki is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “one who wears a cloak” (Japanese) and “one who is cloaked” (Japanese). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original Japanese沙季
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “one who wears a cloak” (Japanese) and “one who is cloaked” (Japanese). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Japanese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Saki through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 319
- 11 boys · 308 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −100%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 609 as a first name in 2020; 221 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.
Saki’s family of names
Saki has a related form in Sakia. Saki has a related form in Sakiko. Saki has a related form in Sakea.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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Spellings & scripts 12
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Saki
- Saki KumagaiJapanese association football playerborn 1990
- Saki UenoJapanese association football playerborn 1994
- Saki FujitaJapanese voice actress (born 1984)
- Saki ShimizuJapanese singerborn 1991
- Saki NakajimaJapanese singerborn 1994
- Saki AibuJapanese actressborn 1985
- Saki HayashiJapanese basketball player (born 1995)
- Saki NiizoeJapanese judokaborn 1996
- Saki HatsumiJapanese AV idolborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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