Given name
Shaki
“grateful; thankful”
In French use, Shaki is a diminutive of Shakira. In Arabic use, Shakira carries the interpretation “grateful; thankful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In French use, Shaki is a diminutive of Shakira. In Arabic use, Shakira carries the interpretation “grateful; thankful.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French usage, Shaki is a diminutive of Shakira.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shaki through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 53
- 53 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 8 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 5 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 193 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.
Shaki’s family of names
In French usage, Shaki is a diminutive of Shakira.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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