Given name & surname
Mariska
Mariska is used as a given name and a surname. Mariska is connected with Mary.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Slavic.
How it developed
Mariska is used as a form of Mary.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mariska through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,019
- 0 boys · 1,019 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 107 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,607 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −49%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,607 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 48.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 107 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,009 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 70,359 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mariska’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Mariska is a diminutive of Mária. Mariska is a form of Mary. Mariska has a related form in Mariske.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
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.
People named Mariska
- Mariska HargitayAmerican actress (born 1964)
- Mariska AdyHungarian poet and author (1889–1977)
- Mariska HuismanDutch speed skaterborn 1983
- Mariska KramerDutch triathlete and distance runnerborn 1974
- Mariska PokharelNepali film actress, model and artistborn 1996
- Mariska Aldrichsinger and actress (1881-1965)
- Mariska GárdosHungarian feminist (1885–1973)
- Mariska Kornetcricketerborn 1988
- Mariska VízváryHungarian actress (1879-1954)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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