Baby name
Mareike
/mah · RYE · keh/
Meaning
“Low German and Frisian form of Maria”
Low German and Frisian feminine form of Maria; particularly popular in northern Germany and the Netherlands in the late 20th century.
How it ages.
Peaked in northern Germany in the 1970s and 80s; a generational marker now.
The cultural moment.
Popular in northern Germany and the Netherlands through the 1970s to 1990s; declining.