Masaki

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Masaki is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Thai given name258 records spelled Masaki28 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, Laos

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written มะซากี, มะสากี, มาซากิ, Masakee, Masaaki

46 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●

Masaki is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• ‘Elegant tree’, ‘correct record’.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In fud, be sick; patient, sick person; sickness, illness, disease

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In mnv, sickness; sick person, patient; to be sick

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In poz-pol-pro, sick, painful

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In llp, sick

  as a word·Austronesian 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.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 39 years between 1919–2022. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Masaki Kobayashib. 1916JPJapanese film director (1916–1996)
• Masaki Kashiwarab. 1947JPJapanese mathematician born 1947
• Masaki Kandab. 1950JPJapanese actor (1950-)
• Masaki Terasomab. 1962JPJapanese voice actor
• Masaki Saitob. 1965JPJapanese Professional Baseball pitcher
• Masaki Tsukanob. 1970JPJapanese footballer and manager
• Masaki Sumitanib. 1975JPJapanese comedian, professional wrestler and tarento
• Masaki Tachibanab. 1976JPJapanese anime director (1976-)
• Masaki Sudab. 1993JPJapanese actor and singer (born 1993)
• Masaki Satōb. 1999JPJapanese singer, dancer and actress

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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 102 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Masaki?

We estimate roughly 644 people bear Masaki (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Masaki have the most bearers?

Masaki is most frequently recorded in Japan, where it is most often spelled masaki.

How common is Masaki compared with other names?

In Japan, Masaki is the 51st most common given name of 355,102 given names recorded there.

Is Masaki a male or female name?

Masaki is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Masaki mean?

Recorded meaning: variously written, mostly with the characters for ‘correct’ and ‘tree’.