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Throughout the world, 巻 (Maki , Маки , 巻 ) is a common unisex given name. The forename 巻 is characteristic of Montenegro, where it is quite a common epicene name, Serbia, where it is quite a rare unisex name, and South Africa, where it is quite a rare predominantly feminine, but very infrequently male name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in India, South Africa, and Japan. Likewise, 巻 is the last name as well as the forename.
巻 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Maki Nishikino , the fictional character from Love Live!, Love Live! School Idol Project; Stirlitz , the fictional human, Seventeen Moments of Spring; Maki Zen'in , the fictional character from Jujutsu Kaisen; Maki Shijo , the fictional character from Kaguya-sama: Love is War and Maxim Kammerer , character in The Time Wanderers, among other works.