Given name & surname
Maike
Maike is used as a given name and a surname. Maike is connected with Maria.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Frisian use, Maike is an affectionate form of Mary. Mary has been associated with French and Latin naming traditions. The precise derivation is uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Frisian use, Maike is used as an affectionate form of Maria.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maike through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 5 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 275 as a first name in 2020; 263 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maike’s family of names
Maike is an affectionate form of Mary. In West Frisian usage, Maike has a conventional equivalent in the German form Maria. In German usage, Maike is a diminutive of Maria.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Maike has relatives in 5 languages.
7 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Maike
- Maike van der DuinDutch cyclistborn 2001
- Maike NollenOlympic canoeistborn 1977
- Maike StöckelOlympic field hockey playerborn 1984
- Maike Kohl-RichterGerman economist and authorborn 1964
- Maike SchirmerGerman handball playerborn 1990
- Maike JakobGerman sprint canoeistborn 2005
- Maike KesselerGerman snooker refereeborn 1982
- Maike DiekmannNamibian rower (1994-)
- Maike Vogt-LüerssenGerman authorborn 1956
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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