Given name & surname
Maik
“who”·“like”·“God”
Maik is a surname from Latin, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in German and Polish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maik is a romanization of מייק. מייק is built from elements meaning “who” and “like” and “God”.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Maik comes from Latin, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Latin Maius, from Latin Maia, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2017. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maik through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17
- 17 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,303 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,303 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 208 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maik’s family of names
In English usage, Maik has a related form in Michael. In German usage, Maik has a related form in Mike. In German usage, Maik has a conventional equivalent in the English form Mike.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Maik has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Maik
- Maik TaylorNorthern Irish footballer (born 1971)
- Maik BullmannEast German wrestlerborn 1967
- Maik LandsmannEast German racing cyclistborn 1967
- Maik FranzGerman footballerborn 1981
- Maik GalakosGreek footballerborn 1951
- Maik ZirbesGerman basketball player (born 1990)
- Maik NawrockiPolish and German association football playerborn 2001
- Maik PetzoldGerman triathleteborn 1978
- Maik KotsarEstonian basketball player (born 1996)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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