Baby name
FADING
🇩🇪 🇳🇱 Maike
/MY · keh/
Meaning
“Who is like God”
Low German and Frisian feminine form of Maria or a variant of Michael; particularly strong in northern Germany and the Netherlands.
Nicknames
none
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Regional and genuine; the northern German identity makes it distinctive without being obscure.
The cultural moment.
Peaked in northern Germany in the 1970s and 80s; less common now but respected.