Saki was the pen-name of Hector Hugh Munro, chosen from the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam. Saki was a satirist and author with a taste for the witty and outrageous. Saki wrote for newspapers such as the Westminster Gazette, Daily Express, Bystander, Morning Post, and Outlook. He is considered a master of the short story, and is often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker.

Also: any of several monkeys of the genus Pithecia, of tropical South America, having a golden-brown to black, thick, shaggy coat and a long, bushy, nonprehensile tail.

Saki is also an (uncommon) alternate spelling for sake, the alcoholic drink.