Aki (あき, Aki) 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.

Written forms in Japanese

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Forms in kanji can include:

  • 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

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In Finnish, Aki is a diminutive form of Joakim, which is cognate with the English Joachim.[1]

People

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Given name

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Aki
Gender    Male
  Unisex
Origin
Word/nameJapanese, Finnish, and Nigerian
Other names
See alsoAkiko
Akina
Akie
Akseli
Aukusti
Joakim
  • Aki Arimizu (有水 亮, born 1999), 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
  • Aki Deguchi (出口 陽, born 1988), Japanese singer, known professionally as Aki
  • Aki Hakala, Finnish drummer of The Rasmus
  • Aki Hata (畑 亜貴, born 1966), Japanese musician and lyricist
  • Aki Heikkinen (born 1980), Finnish decathlete
  • Aki Heiskanen (born 1952), Finnish footballer
  • Aki Higashihara (東原 亜希, born 1982), Japanese television personality, fashion model, and gravure idol
  • Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam (born 1996), Danish-Greenlandic politician
  • Aki Hoshino (ほしの あき, born 1977), Japanese gravure idol
  • Aki Hyryläinen (born 1968), Finnish footballer and coach
  • Aki Ichijo (born 1969), Japanese basketball player
  • Aki Inomata (あき いのまた, born 1983), Japanese multidisciplinary contemporary artist and designer
  • Aki Irie (入江 亜季), 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
  • Aki Kawamura (川村亜紀, born 1980), 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
  • Aki Kuroda (黒田 アキ, born 1944), 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
  • Aki Maeda (前田亜季, born 1985), Japanese actress and singer
  • Aki Maeda, a member of the J-pop group MAX from 2002 to 2008
  • Aki Misato (美郷 あき, born 1981), Japanese singer
  • Aki Mitsugi (三津木晶, born 1987), Japanese contemporary artist
  • Aki Mitsuhashi (三橋 亜記, born 1989), Japanese field hockey player
  • Aki Mizusawa (水沢 アキ, born 1954), Japanese actress, model, and singer
  • Aki Mukai (向井 亜紀, born 1964), Japanese actress
  • Aki Momii (籾井 あき, born 2000), Japanese volleyball player
  • Aki Nagatomi (永富 有紀, born 1969), Japanese volleyball player
  • Aki Narula (born 1968), Indian fashion designer, costume designer, and wardrobe stylist
  • Aki Nawa (名和 秋, born 1979), 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 c. 1973), 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 c. 1973), Japanese-American astrophysicist
  • Aki Sasamoto (笹本 晃, born 1980), Japanese-American artist
  • Aki Sawada (澤田 亜紀, born 1988), Japanese figure skater
  • Aki Schilz, British writer, poet and editor
  • 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
  • Aki Shibata (芝田安希, born 1981), Japanese volleyball player
  • Aki Shimazaki (born 1954), Japanese-Canadian novelist and translator
  • Aki Shimizu (志水 アキ), Japanese manga artist
  • Aki Sirkesalo (1962–2004), Finnish musician
  • Aki Sudo (須藤 亜貴, born 1975), Japanese ice hockey player
  • Aki Takahashi (高橋 アキ, born 1944), Japanese pianist
  • Aki Takajo (高城 亜樹, born 1991), Japanese singer and actress
  • Aki Takase (高瀬 アキ, born 1948), Japanese jazz pianist and composer
  • Aki Takayama (高山亜樹, born 1970), Japanese synchronized swimmer
  • Aki Takejo (あき竹城, 1947–2022), Japanese actress and comedian
  • Aki Tammisto (1915–1978), Finnish sprinter
  • Aki Thomas (born 1979), American college basketball coach
  • Aki Tonoike (外ノ池 亜希, born 1979), Japanese speed skater
  • Aki Toyosaki (豊崎 愛生, born 1986), Japanese voice actress
  • Aki Tsuchida (土田 亜希, born 1979), Japanese ice hockey player
  • Aki Ulander (born 1981), Finnish basketball player
  • Aki Uusikartano (born 1977), Finnish footballer
  • Aki Wada (和田 あき, born 1997), Japanese shogi player
  • Aki Yamada (山田 明季, born 1992), Japanese field hockey player
  • Aki Yanagisawa (柳沢 亜紀), Japanese soprano
  • Aki Yashiro (八代亜紀, born 1950), Japanese singer and painter
  • Aki Yazawa (矢澤 亜希, born 1991), Japanese slalom canoeist
  • Aki Yli-Salomäki (born 1972), Finnish composer, music critic, and music journalist

Nickname or stage name

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  • 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 (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

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  • Angela Aki (アンジェラ・アキ, born 1977), Japanese singer-songwriter
  • Bundee Aki (born 1990), New Zealand-Irish 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 and legendary characters

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Vilkuna, Kustaa (2007). Etunimet. Viides painos. Toim. Pirjo Mikkonen. Helsinki: Otava. p. 35, 116. ISBN 978-951-1-18892-6.