Meaning of the name Moki


Can someone please tell me what the name Moki means in English? And is it a
boy's or girl's name?

Thank you




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There's a fellow named Jim Breen who maintains a few online dictionaries,
including a name dictionary. [Looking up "Moki" on his
site](http://nihongo.monash.edu/cgi-bin/wwwjdic?2MUJMoki), we find that this
is an unusual name -- only three instances pop up.

  * 茂木【もき】 (s) Moki
  * 茂幾【もき】 (s) Moki
  * 毛木【もき】 (u) Moki

Here, the `(s)` indicates a surname, and the `(u)` indicates an as-yet-
unclassified name. (Code legend available
[here](http://nihongo.monash.edu/wwwjdicinf.html#code_tag).) I'll guess here
that the last bullet point is also a surname.

In terms of what "Moki" means, I must caution that Japanese names are
sometimes not very directly connected to meaning, much like names in English
or other languages. If we just go from the meanings inherent in the kanji
spellings, we have:

  * 茂木【もき】: "lush" + "tree"
  * 茂幾【もき】: "lush" + "how many"
  * 毛木【もき】: "hair, hairy" + "tree"

Hope that helps!

