Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Dutch use, Marieke 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 French usage, Marieke is a diminutive of Maria.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marieke through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 119
- 0 boys · 119 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 9 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 8 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 286 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.
Marieke’s family of names
Marieke is an affectionate form of Mary. In Dutch usage, Marieke has a conventional equivalent in the German form Maria. In French usage, Marieke is a diminutive of Maria.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Marieke has relatives in 4 languages.
6 related names in 4 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 Marieke
- Marieke VervoortBelgian athletics competitor (1979–2019)
- Marieke van DrogenbroekDutch rowerborn 1964
- Marieke KeijserDutch rowerborn 1997
- Marieke van Doornfield hockey playerborn 1960
- Marieke WesterhofDutch rowerborn 1974
- Marieke van den HamDutch water polo playerborn 1983
- Marieke D'CruzAustralian swimmer, former world record holderborn 1986
- Marieke van der WalDutch handball playerborn 1979
- Marieke KoekkoekDutch politicianborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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