Given name
Mareike
Mareike is a feminine given name from Low German. It is used in German.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Mareike is a diminutive of Maria. Maria comes from Latin, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In German usage, Mareike is a diminutive of Maria.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mareike through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 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 girls is 5 in 2002. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 137 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.
Mareike’s family of names
In German usage, Mareike is a diminutive of Maria. In German usage, Mareike has a related form in Marieke. In German usage, Mareike has a related form in MARIEKA.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Mareike
- Mareike CarrièreGerman actress (1954–2014)
- Mareike MillerGerman wheelchair basketball playerborn 1990
- Mareike AdamsGerman rowerborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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