Meaning & Story
Saki is a Japanese name meaning "blossom" or "cape/promontory" — a beautiful nature name with a clean, crystalline sound. It is also the pen name of British author Hector Hugh Munro, whose darkly witty short stories featuring cats and wild animals became classics of early 20th century literature.
Saki has a wonderful dual identity: the Japanese nature name that evokes blossoms and promontories, and the pen name of one of the wittiest, most darkly amusing writers in the English language — a writer particularly associated with stories about cats and other animals behaving in ways that suggest they understand humans far better than we understand them. For pets, Saki suits the elegant, the slightly mysterious, and the ones who occasionally seem to be having a private joke at your expense.