Aki (name)

Aki
Gender	Male ; Female / Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese, Finnish,and Nigerian
Other names
See also	Akiko; Akina; Akie

Aki (pronounced Ah-kee) is a surname, a given name and a nickname. Aki is a common Japanese, Finnish and Nigerian given name. Aki is also a Japanese surname, and also of one of the Vysya families in India. They mainly reside in Andhra Pradesh.

Possible writings in Japanese

あき, hiragana
アキ, katakana
明, "bright"
燦, "brilliant, bright, radiance"
昭, "shining"
秋, "autumn"
彬, "refined, gentle"
爽, "refreshing, bracing, resonant, sweet"
晶, "sparkle"
暁, "daybreak"
彰, "acknowledge"
晃, "clear"
亜紀, "asia, chronicle"
亜希, "asia, hope"
愛希, "love, hope"

People

Given name

Aki the Wealthy, a 10th century Dane in the Icelandic Egil's Saga
Aki Avni (born 1967), Israeli actor, entertainer and television host
Aki Berg (born 1977), Finnish former National Hockey League player
Aki Hakala, Finnish drummer of The Rasmus
Aki Heikkinen (born 1980), Finnish decathlete
Aki Hoshino (ほしのあき) (born 1977), Japanese gravure idol
Aki Jones (1982-2014), American football player
Aki Kangasmäki (born 1989), Finnish ice hockey player
Aki Karvonen (born 1957), Finnish cross-country skier
Aki Kaurismäki (born 1957), Finnish screenwriter and film director
Aki Kawamura (川村亜紀) (born 1980), Japanese gravure idol
Aki Lahtinen (born 1958), Finnish former footballer
Aki Linnanahde, Finnish TV and radio personality
Aki Maeda (前田亜季) (born 1985), Japanese actress and singer
Aki Maeda (MAX), a member of the J-pop group MAX from 2002 to 2008
Aki Misato (美郷あき) (born 1981), Japanese singer
Aki Ollikainen (born 1973), Finnish novelist
Aki Orr (1931-2013), Israeli writer and political activist
Aki Parviainen (born 1974), Finnish javelin thrower
Aki Ra (born c. 1973), Cambodian landmine disposal expert and former Khmer Rouge conscripted child soldier
Aki Riihilahti (born 1976), Finnish retired footballer
Aki Sasamoto (笹本晃) (born 1980), Japanese artist based in New York
Aki Sawada (澤田亜紀) (born 1988), Japanese former figure skater
Aki Seiuli (born 1992), New Zealand rugby union player
Aki Shibahara, Japanese musician, member of the British indie pop band Warm Jets (1997-?)
Aki Shibata (芝田安希) (born 1981), Japanese former volleyball player
Aki Shimazaki (born 1954), Canadian novelist and translator
Aki Shimizu (志水アキ), Japanese manga artist
Aki Sirkesalo (1962-2004), Finnish musician
Aki Takahashi (高橋アキ) (born 1944), Japanese pianist
Aki Takase (高瀬アキ) (born 1948), Japanese jazz pianist and composer
Aki Takayama (高山亜樹) (born 1970), Japanese former synchronized swimmer
Aki Toyosaki (豊崎愛生) (born 1986), a Japanese voice actress
Aki Ulander (born 1981), Finnish basketball player
Aki Uusikartano (born 1977), Finnish retired footballer

Nickname or stage name

Aki Aleong (born 1934), American actor, singer and songwriter
Akihiro Ienaga (家長昭博) (born 1986), Japanese football player commonly referred to as "Aki"
Akinori Iwamura (岩村明憲) (born 1979), Japanese baseball player and manager referred to as "Aki" while playing in Major League Baseball
Aki Kumar (born 1980), Indian-born American blues musician
Akihiko Aki Kuroda (黒田アキ) (born 1944), Japanese painter
Aki Nawaz (fl. 1981-present), British rapper and musician born Haq Nawaz Qureshi
Alfred Schmidt (footballer) (1935-2016), German football player and manager
Aki (rapper), real name Aleksi Swallow, Swedish rapper with Swedish hip hop band Labyrint

Surname

Angela Aki (アンジェラ・アキ) (born 1977), Japanese singer-songwriter
Bundee Aki (born 1990), New Zealand rugby union player
Izumi Aki (亜希いずみ) (born 1960), Japanese pink film actress
Keiiti Aki (安芸敬一) (1930–2005), Japanese-American geophysicist and professor
Tong Kee or T. Aki (died 1887), Chinese immigrant businessman in the Kingdom of Hawaii involved in the Aki opium scandal
Yoko Aki (阿木燿子) (born 1945), Japanese songwriter, actress, novelist and essayist

Fictional characters

Aki (James Bond), from the James Bond film You Only Live Twice played by Akiko Wakabayashi
Aki Adagaki (安達垣愛姫), in Masamune-kun's Revenge
Akiza Izinski, or Akiza, from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
Aki Matsui (松井亜紀) a minor character in the Another anime
Aki Mikage, twin brother of Aya Mikage from Ceres: Celestial Legend
Aki Ross, from Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Aki Shirashi, protagonist of Usurper of the Sun, a novel by Hōsuke Nojiri
Aki Tomoya, protagonist of Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend
Aki Yuko, a doctor from Sky Girls
Aki Zeta-5 (née Aki Lutinnen), leader of the Cybernetic Consciousness faction in Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire