Gender: Feminine
Origin: Frisian
(mah-RIE-keh)

The name was originally a Frisian diminutive form of Maria, but has been used as an independent given name since at least the 1940s. The name was a subject of a 1962 Jacques Brel song in which the singer recounts his love affair with a Flemmish girl.

Currently, Mareike is the 398th most popular female name in Germany, (2011).

Other forms of the name include:

• Marika (Czech/Estonian/Finnish/Greek/Hungarian/Polish/Slovak)
• Marijke (Dutch)
• Marike (Dutch)
• Mareke (German)