Marieke (), also spelled Marike, is a

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feminine given name, a diminutive of Maria.Behind the Name: Marieke
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People named Marieke or Marike

People with the given name Marieke include: * Marieke van Amerom (born 1942), Dutch painter *

Marieke Blaauw Marieke Blaauw (born 1979, in Hilversum) is a Dutch animator. Life Blaauw was born in 1979 in Hilversum. She studied at the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands. She graduated in 2002. In 2005 she worked as an animator on the stop motion ch ...

(born 1979), Dutch animator * Marieke D'Cruz (born 1986), Australian swimmer * Marieke van Doorn (born 1960), Dutch field hockey player * Marieke van Drogenbroek (born 1964), Dutch rower * Marieke van den Ham (born 1983), Dutch water polo player * Marieke Hardy (born 1976), Australian writer, producer, and actress * Marieke Hommels, Dutch cricketer * Marieke Huisman (born 1973), Dutch computer scientist * Marieke Keijser (born 1997), Dutch rower * Marieke Koekkoek (born 1989), Dutch politician * Marieke Lettink, New Zealand herpetologist *

Marieke Nijkamp Marieke Nijkamp (born 23 January 1986) is a Dutch ''New York Times'' bestselling author of novels for young adults. Personal life Nijkamp was born in Zwolle and raised in Twente, the Netherlands. As a child, she read the Dutch novel '' The Le ...

, Dutch writer * Marieke Nivard (born 1990), Dutch golfer * Marieke van der Putten (born 1982), Dutch dressage rider *

Marieke Lucas Rijneveld Lucas Rijneveld (formerly Marieke Lucas Rijneveld; born 20 April 1991 in Nieuwendijk, the Netherlands) is a Dutch people, Dutch writer. Rijneveld won the 2020 International Booker Prize together with their translator Michele Hutchison for the deb ...

(born 1991), Dutch writer * Marieke Sanders-ten Holte (born 1941), Dutch politician * Marieke Stam (born 1964), Dutch speed skater * Marieke Veenhoven-Mattheussens (born 1984), Dutch field hockey player *

Marieke Veltman Marieke Miller (nee Veltman born September 18, 1971) is an American Sport of athletics, athlete. She competed in the Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump, women's long jump at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She finished third ...

(born 1971), American long jumper * Marieke Verbiesen, Dutch new media artist * Marieke Vervoort (1979–2019), Belgian para-athlete * Marieke van der Wal (born 1979), Dutch handball player * Marieke van Wanroij (born 1979), Dutch cyclist * Marieke van der Werf (born 1959), Dutch politician * Marieke Westerhof (born 1974), Dutch rower * Marieke Wijen-Nass (born 1993), Dutch politician * Marieke Wijsman (born 1975), Dutch speed skater * Marieke van Witzenburg-de Groot (born 1985), Dutch cyclist People with the given name Marike include: * Marike Bok (1943–2017), Dutch portrait painter * Marike Jager (born 1979), Dutch singer-songwriter *

Marike de Klerk Marike de Klerk ( Willemse; 29 March 1937 – 3 December 2001) was the First Lady of South Africa, as the wife of State President Frederik Willem de Klerk, from 1989–1994. She was also a politician of the former governing National Party in ...

(1937–2001), First Lady of South Africa * Marike Paulsson, legal scholar * Marike Steinacker (born 1992), German discus thrower

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People named Marieke or Marike

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