Lieke () is a

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feminine

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. It is a

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of a short form of the name Angelie, Angelika, Elisabeth,

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, or

Nicolaas Nicolaas is the Dutch equivalent of the masculine given name Nicholas. Before the 19th century the name was also written Nicolaes, while Nikolaas is an uncommon variant spelling. Most people with the name use a short form in daily life, like ''Cla ...

. The name was introduced in the 1940s, with popularity peaks in 1991 and 2008. It is the name of over 16,000 women in the Netherlands and Belgium, and can also be found in northern Germany.

Etymology

Lieke means , where the

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indicates it is a

and Lie is a shortened form of the feminine names Angelie, Angelika, or

. As a spelling variation of the name Like, Lie can also be a diminutive short form of the feminine name Elisabeth or the masculine name

Popularity

In the Netherlands, Lieke was first registered as a given name in the 1940s with a total of 0–3 newborns per year until the late 1960s, when the name gradually started to gain popularity with a smaller peak of 277 newborns in 1991 and a larger peak of 719 newborns in 2008.Populariteit voornaam Lieke
(in Dutch), ''Nederlandse Voornamenbank'',

Meertens Institute The Meertens Institute (Dutch ''Meertens Instituut'') in Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of ...

. Retrieved 2 December 2024. As of 2017, there were 14,239 women (0.1908%) with Lieke as first name and 1,200 women (0.0162%) with Lieke as middle name in the Netherlands; the municipality of

Veghel Veghel () is a town and a former municipality in Southern Netherlands. On 1 January 2017 Veghel, together with Schijndel and Sint-Oedenrode, merged into a new municipality called Meierijstad. This created the largest municipality of the provi ...

had the highest percentage (0.6846%) of women named Lieke, followed by the municipality of

Veldhoven Veldhoven () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and town on the Gender (stream), Gender in the southern Netherlands, just southwest of Eindhoven, in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Brabant. Topography Map of ...

(0.6726%), both in the southern province of

North Brabant North Brabant ( ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, Dutch Brabant or Hollandic Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to ...

. In Belgium, the popularity of Lieke peaked with 67 newborns in 2008. As of 2023, there were 583 women with Lieke as first name in Belgium. In Germany, the name is most popular in the northern states, particularly in the state of

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; ; ; ; ; occasionally in English ''Sleswick-Holsatia'') is the Northern Germany, northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical Duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of S ...

People named Lieke

People with the first name Lieke include: *

Lieke Klaus Lieke Klaus (born October 28, 1989, in Wijchen, Gelderland) is a Dutch BMX racer.Lieke Klaver Lieke Klaver (; born 20 August 1998) is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes in Sprint (running), sprinting. She specializes in the 200 metres and in the 400 metres. In the 4 × 400 metres relay, she is the 2023 World Athletics Champions ...

(born 1998), Dutch track and field athlete *

Lieke van Lexmond Lieke van Lexmond (born 6 February 1982) is a Dutch actress and television presenter. She is known for playing the roles of Eva Prins in the television series ''Goudkust'' and the role of Charlie Fischer in the soap opera ''Goede tijden, slechte ...

(born 1982), Dutch actress, model, presenter and singer *

Lieke Marsman Lieke Marsman (born 25 July 1990) is a Dutch poet. She was the Dutch Poet Laureate ( Dichter der Nederlanden) for the period 2021 to 2023. Biography Marsman was born in Den Bosch and grew up in Zaltbommel and did her final school exams in 200 ...

(born 1990), Dutch poet *

Lieke Martens Lieke Elisabeth Petronella Martens-van Leer (; ; born 16 December 1992) is a Dutch professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), winger or midfielder for Première Ligue club Paris Saint-Germain F. ...

(born 1992), Dutch football player *

Lieke Nooijen Lieke Nooijen (born 20 July 2001) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Major results Source: ;2018 : 8th Gent–Wevelgem Juniors ;2019 : 3rd Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships : 5 ...

(born 2001), Dutch cyclist *

Lieke Rogge Lieke Rogge (born 30 November 2000) is a Dutch water polo player. She represented Netherlands at the 2024 Summer Olympics The Netherlands competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Dutch athletes have appea ...

(born 2000), Dutch waterpolo player *

Lieke Wevers Lieke Wevers (born 17 September 1991) is a Dutch artistic gymnast. She was the first Dutch woman to win a European title in gymnastics: at the 2015 European Games, she won the gold medal on the balance beam and was the bronze medalist with the D ...

(born 1991), Dutch gymnast *

Lieke van Wijk Lieke van Wijk (born 18 September 1993) is a Dutch field hockey player. Career Club hockey In the Dutch Hoofdklasse, van Wijk played club hockey until 2019 for Laren. With Laren she won the Hoofdklasse Indoor Hockey in 2018. From the 2019 se ...

(born 1993), Dutch field hockey playerLieke van Wijk
, '' Olympics.com''. Retrieved 28 November 2024.

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