Given name & surname
Meike
Meike is a feminine given name from Low German. It is used in German and Dutch.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Meike 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, Meike is a diminutive of Maria. In Dutch usage, Meike is an affectionate form of Maria.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Meike through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 20
- 0 boys · 20 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 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 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 281 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.
Meike’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Meike is a diminutive of Maria. In German usage, Meike shares a linguistic root with the Swedish form MAJKEN. In German usage, Meike has a related form in MEIKA.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Meike has relatives in 3 languages.
7 related names in 3 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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Meike
- Meike EversGerman rowerborn 1977
- Meike FreitagGerman swimmerborn 1979
- Meike de NooyDutch water polo playerborn 1983
- Meike SchmelzerGerman handball playerborn 1993
- Meike KrögerGerman high jumperborn 1986
- Meike BabelGerman tennis playerborn 1974
- Meike DrosteGerman actressborn 1980
- Meike PfisterGerman alpine skierborn 1996
- Meike AkveldSwiss mathematicianborn 1972
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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