Aki (name) explained
Aki (pronounced Ah-kee, /aki/, /ˈækiː/) 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.
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, "follow, chronicle"
- 亜希, "follow, hope"
- 愛希, "love, hope"
In Finnish
In Finnish, Aki is a diminutive form of Joakim, which is cognate with the English Joachim.[1]
People
Given name
- , Japanese footballer
- Aki Avni (born 1967), Israeli actor, entertainer and television host
- Aki Berg (born 1977), Finnish ice hockey player
- Aki Cederberg (born 1978), Finnish writer, musician and filmmaker
- Aki Collins, American basketball player
- , Japanese singer, known professionally as Aki
- Aki Hakala, Finnish drummer of The Rasmus
- , Japanese musician and lyricist
- Aki Heikkinen (born 1980), Finnish decathlete
- Aki Heiskanen (born 1952), Finnish footballer
- , Japanese television personality, fashion model, and gravure idol
- Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam (born 1996), Danish-Greenlandic politician
- , Japanese gravure idol
- Aki Hyryläinen (born 1968), Finnish footballer and coach
- Aki Ichijo (born 1969), Japanese basketball player
- , Japanese multidisciplinary contemporary artist and designer
- , Japanese manga artist
- Aki Jones (1982–2014), American football player
- Aki Juusela (born 1991), Finnish ice hockey 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
- , Japanese gravure idol
- Aki Kivelä (born 1992), Finnish ice hockey player
- Aki Kondo (born 1977), Japanese illustrator and character designer
- Aki Korhonen (born 1975), Finnish ice hockey player
- , Japanese-French painter
- Aki Kurose (1925–1998), American teacher and social justice activist
- Aki Lahti (1931–1998), Finnish chess player
- Aki Lahtinen (born 1958), Finnish footballer
- Aki Lindén (born 1952), Finnish politician
- Aki Linnanahde, Finnish television and radio personality
- , Japanese actress and singer
- Aki Maeda, a member of the J-pop group MAX from 2002 to 2008
- , Japanese singer
- , Japanese contemporary artist
- , Japanese field hockey player
- , Japanese actress, model, and singer
- , Japanese actress
- , Japanese volleyball player
- , Japanese volleyball player
- Aki Narula (born 1968), Indian fashion designer, costume designer, and wardrobe stylist
- , Japanese bowler
- Aki Ogawa (born 1975), Japanese wheelchair curler
- 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), Cambodian landmine disposal expert and former Khmer Rouge conscripted child soldier
- Aki Rahunen (born 1971), Finnish tennis player
- Aki Riihilahti (born 1976), Finnish footballer
- Aki Roberge (born), Japanese-American astrophysicist
- , Japanese-American artist
- , Japanese figure skater
- Aki Seitsonen (born 1986), Finnish ice hockey player
- Aki Seiuli (born 1992), New Zealand rugby union player
- Aki Shibahara, Japanese musician, member of the British indie pop band Warm Jets
- , Japanese volleyball player
- Aki Shimazaki (born 1954), Japanese-Canadian novelist and translator
- , Japanese manga artist
- Aki Sirkesalo (1962–2004), Finnish musician
- , Japanese ice hockey player
- , Japanese pianist
- , Japanese singer and actress
- , Japanese jazz pianist and composer
- , Japanese synchronized swimmer
- , Japanese actress and comedian
- Aki Tammisto (1915–1978), Finnish sprinter
- Aki Thomas (born 1979), American college basketball coach
- , Japanese speed skater
- , Japanese voice actress
- , Japanese ice hockey player
- Aki Ulander (born 1981), Finnish basketball player
- Aki Uusikartano (born 1977), Finnish footballer
- , Japanese shogi player
- , Japanese field hockey player
- , Japanese soprano
- , Japanese singer and painter
- , Japanese slalom canoeist
- Aki Yli-Salomäki (born 1972), Finnish composer, music critic, and music journalist
Nickname or stage name
- Aki Aleong (born 1934), American actor, singer and songwriter
- , Japanese football player commonly referred to as "Aki"
- , 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, Japanese painter
- Aki Nawaz (born 1961), British rapper and musician born Haq Nawaz Qureshi
- Alfred Schmidt (1935–2016), German football player and manager
- Aki (rapper), real name Aleksi Swallow, Swedish rapper with Swedish hip hop band Labyrint
Surname
- , Japanese singer-songwriter
- Bundee Aki (born 1990), New Zealand-Irish rugby union player
- , Japanese pink film actress
- , 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
- , Japanese songwriter, actress, novelist and essayist
Fictional and legendary characters
- Aki the Wealthy, a 10th-century Dane in the medieval Icelandic Egil's Saga
- Aki (James Bond), from the James Bond film You Only Live Twice played by Akiko Wakabayashi
- , in Masamune-kun's Revenge
- , from the manga series Chainsaw Man
- Akiza Izinski, or Aki Izayoi from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
- Aki Kimura, from Medabots
- Aki Kino, from Inazuma Eleven
- Aki Mikage, twin brother of Aya Mikage from
- Aki Nikkinen, from Salatut elämät
- Aki Ross, from
- Aki Shiina, protagonist of Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou
- Aki Shirashi, protagonist of Usurper of the Sun, a novel by Hōsuke Nojiri
- Aki Tomoya, protagonist of
- Aki Wasama, from Kotikatu
- 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
- Aki, one of the seven daughters of the evil demon Aku, specifically trained to destroy Samurai Jack
- A.K.I., from the video game series Street Fighter
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Vilkuna, Kustaa. 2007. ISBN 978-951-1-18892-6. Helsinki. 35, 116. Otava. Etunimet. Viides painos. Toim. Pirjo Mikkonen.
