Saki

given name · Latin script

Meaning, in Japanese: Rōmaji transcription of さき

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ʃacʰi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Saki is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country, where it is the 79th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • JPJapan≈1 in 779(inferred from the name graph)
  • CICôte d’Ivoire≈1 in 29K
  • NGNigeria≈1 in 34K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Japan (inferred from the name graph)

≈160,000 people, est.

Sources
121 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 779 (inferred from the name graph)

Japan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Rōmaji transcription of さき

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

How Saki is read(measured from records)

Saki is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Japanese73%

    Rōmaji transcription of さき

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Turkish7.1%

    1. Su veren, su dağıtan. 2. Kadehle içki sunan.

    as a wordTDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

  • Hindi5.2%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Saki in Hindi.

  • English5.0%

    pen name o/H.H. Munro

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

    Alternative spelling of saké (“rice wine”).

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Saki counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Saki is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
JP Japan#79≈160,000 est.≈1 in 779—Saki121
NG Nigeria—≈6,300 est.≈1 in 34K—Saki16
CN China—≈3,600 est.≈1 in 388K—Saki13
PK Pakistan—≈1,900 est.≈1 in 120K1—7
ZA South Africa—≈970 est.≈1 in 58K—Saki9
CI Côte d’Ivoire—≈940 est.≈1 in 29K410——
US United States—6091 in 546K533Saki109
PG Papua New Guinea—≈75 est.≈1 in 97K5——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; nomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies; PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022); Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) — Form-33 List of Contesting Candidates, 2018 General Election. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Saki is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Pakistan, United States, United Kingdom

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Şaki

  • English given name30 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Nigeria, Australia, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Saeki, SaKy, Šaki, Şaki, Śâkî

  • Turkish surname15 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Azerbaijan, Syria, Afghanistan

    Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

    Also written Şaki, Seki, Şeki, Şəki, Sâki

  • French given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Togo

    Also written SaKy, Şaki, Sàki, Säkî, Sàkï

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Saḵī, Sāḳī, Şaki, Sākī

  • Indonesian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, India, Nigeria, Malaysia

    Also written Şaki

55 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Saki is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Indonesian, synonym of teman (“friend”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In mva, stamp one’s foot on the floor of the house

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1970198019902000Saki Takaoka, b. 1972Saki Fujita, b. 1984Saki Aibu, b. 1985Saki Kumagai, b. 1990Saki Hatsumi, b. 1990Saki Nitta, b. 1990Saki Shimizu, b. 1991Mori Saki, b. 1993Saki Nakajima, b. 1994Saki Shirai, b. 2000

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informalこんにちは、SakiさんHi Saki, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 47 sources across 28 countries.

Official registers attesting Saki
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020533#17,879
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202076#17,879
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20207—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20065—
PG Papua New GuineaPNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022)—4#94

Reference works 4

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Saki mean, and where does it come from?
Rōmaji transcription of さき Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Saki?
A machine transcription gives /ʃacʰi/ (IPA) for Japanese.
Is Saki a male or female name?
Saki is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Saki have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 161 thousand people named Saki in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled saki.
How common is the name Saki?
In the United States, the national register counted 609 people named Saki in 2020, about 1 in 546 thousand residents.
How common is Saki compared with other names?
In Japan, Saki is the 79th most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Saki” — the 79th most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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