Marijke (Dutch pronunciation: [maːˈrɛikə] ^ⓘ), sometimes written as Mareike (German pronunciation: [maːˈraɪkə] ^ⓘ), is a Dutch feminine given name. It is originally a diminutive of Mary. Phonetically, the name is said muh-rye-kah/keh, preferably with a rolling “r”.^[1]

People named Marijke/Mareike

People with the given name Marijke include:

• Princess Marijke (later "Princess Christina"), youngest daughter of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
• Marijke Abels (born 1948), Dutch visual artist and instructor
• Marijke Amado (born 1954), Dutch television presenter
• Marijke van Beukering-Huijbregts (born 1971), Dutch politician
• Marijke Callebaut (born 1980), retired Belgian footballer
• Marijke Djwalapersad (born 1951), Surinamese politician
• Marijke Engelen (born 1961), Dutch synchronized swimmer
• Marijke de Goey (born 1947), Dutch visual artist
• Marijke van Haaren (born 1952), Dutch politician
• Marijke Hanegraaf (born 1946), Dutch poet
• Marijke Kegge (born 1957), Dutch sprint canoer
• Marijke Mars (born 1965), American billionaire heiress and businesswoman
• Marijke Moser (born 1946), Dutch-born Swiss middle and long-distance runner
• Marijke Nel (born 1967), South African-born Canadian tennis player and former South African women's rugby union player.
• Marijke Ruiter (born 1954), Dutch swimmer, 10-fold champion at the Paralympic Games
• Marijke Schaar née Jansen (born 1944), Dutch tennis player
• Marijke Synhaeve (born 1989), Dutch politician
• Marijke Verpoorten, Belgian researcher and professor at the University of Antwerp
• Marijke Vos (born 1957), Dutch politician
• Marijke van Warmerdam (born 1959), Dutch photographer, installation artist, and video artist

People with the given name Mareike include:

• Mareike Adams (born 1990), German rower
• Mareike Carrière (1954-2014), German actress, spokesperson and translator.
• Mareike Miller née Adermann (born 1990), German wheelchair basketball player

See also

• Marieke
• Mariken (disambiguation)

References