Given name & surname
Marika
Marika is used as a given name and a surname. Marika is connected with Mary.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Danish.
How it developed
Marika is used as a form of Mary.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1946. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marika through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,292
- 0 boys · 2,292 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 96 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −33%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 96 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,944 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.
Marika’s family of names
Marika is an affectionate form of Mary. In Polish usage, Marika has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Marica. Marika is a form of Mary.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Marika has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Danish roots to each of them.
9 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Marika
- Marika RökkHungarian-born actress, singer, dancer (1913–2004)
- Marika KiliusGerman pair skaterborn 1943
- Marika GreenSwedish-French actressborn 1943
- Marika LagercrantzSwedish actressborn 1954
- Marika GombitováSlovak musician (born 1956)
- Marika DomińczykPolish actressborn 1980
- Marika KōnoJapanese voice actressborn 1994
- Marika MatsumotoJapanese actressborn 1984
- Marika Popowicz-DrapałaPolish sprinterborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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