Marieke (), also spelled Marike, is a

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feminine given name, a diminutive of

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Marika Marika is a both a given name and surname. As a feminine given name, it is of Hungarian and Greek origin; a diminutive of Maria. Apart from Hungary and Greece, the name is also found in Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Japan, Sweden, Slovakia and Poland ...

. The ''-ke'' suffix is characteristic for

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, Brabantian and

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dialects, indicating that the name perhaps originated in present-day

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or the south of the

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People named Marieke or Marike

People with the given name Marieke include: *

Marieke van Amerom Marieke van Amerom (born January 25, 1942) is a painter and draftsman from Alphen aan den Rijn Alphen aan den Rijn (; or "Alphen on the Rhine") is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The cit ...

(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 Marieke Katherine D'Cruz (née Guehrer; born 9 February 1986) is an Australian swimmer who is the former world record holder in the 50 metres butterfly short course. She clocked 24.99 seconds After her breakout meet in late 2008, D'Cruz broke ...

(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 Marieke Josephine Hardy is an Australian writer, radio and television presenter, television producer and screenwriter, and former television actress. Early life and family Hardy is the granddaughter of Frank Hardy, author of ''Power Without Gl ...

(born 1976), Australian writer, producer, and actress *

Marieke Hommels Marieke Hommels is a former Dutch woman cricketer. She made her international debut for Netherlands in the 1995 Women's European Cricket Cup The 1995 Women's European Cricket Cup was an international cricket tournament held in Ireland from 18 t ...

, Dutch cricketer * Marieke Huisman (born 1973), Dutch computer scientist *

Marieke Keijser Marieke Keijser (born 21 January 1997) is a Dutch representative rower. She is an Olympian and won the silver medal in the lightweight single sculls at the 2017 World Rowing Championships and the gold medal at the 2018 European Rowing Championsh ...

(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 Marieke Nivard (born 14 June 1990) is a professional golfer from the Netherlands who played on the Ladies European Tour. In 2011, she won two LET Access Series tournaments and topped the LETAS Order of Merit. Early life and amateur career Niva ...

(born 1990), Dutch golfer *

Marieke van der Putten Marieke van der Putten (born 27 November 1982 in Heemskerk, Netherlands) is a Dutch dressage rider. She competed at the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning, where she placed 31st in the individual dressage competition, and 5th with the Dutc ...

(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 Maria Johanna (Marieke) Sanders-ten Holte (born 7 November 1941) is a Dutch former principal and politician for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). Early life and education Sanders-ten Holte was born on 7 November 1941 in Assen, ...

(born 1941), Dutch politician *

Marieke Stam Marieke Stam (born 21 April 1964) is a retired speed skater from the Netherlands. She competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Calgary 1988 were a ...

(born 1964), Dutch speed skater *

Marieke Veenhoven-Mattheussens Marieke Veenhoven-Mattheussens (born 8 March 1984) is a field hockey player from the Netherlands. She was part of the Dutch teams that won the silver medal at the 2010 World Cup and three medals at the Hockey Champions Trophy The Hockey Champi ...

(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 Marieke Verbiesen is a Dutch new media artist based in Bergen, Norway. She creates interactive installations and performances using experimental animation, exhibited and screened at various festivals, museums, cinema's, artspaces, galleries and ...

, Dutch new media artist *

Marieke Vervoort Marieke Vervoort (10 May 1979 – 22 October 2019) was a Belgian Paralympic athlete with reflex sympathetic dystrophy. She won several medals at the Paralympics, and she received worldwide attention in 2016 when she revealed that she was cons ...

(1979–2019), Belgian para-athlete *

Marieke van der Wal Marieke van der Wal (born 1979) is a retired Dutch handball goalkeeper. She played on the Dutch national team and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship The 2011 World Women's Handball Championship was the 20th edition ...

(born 1979), Dutch handball player *

Marieke van Wanroij Marieke van Wanroij (born 5 July 1979) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountai ...

(born 1979), Dutch cyclist * Marieke van der Werf (born 1959), Dutch politician * Marieke Westerhof (born 1974), Dutch rower *

Marieke Wijen-Nass Marieke Wijen-Nass (born 10 March 1993) is a Dutch politician for the Farmer–Citizen Movement, who has been a member of the House of Representatives (Netherlands), House of Representatives since 4 July 2024. She succeeded Gijs Tuinman, who had b ...

(born 1993), Dutch politician *

Marieke Wijsman Anne Marie Louise (Marieke) Wijsman (born 9 May 1975) is a Dutch former speed skater who represented her country in two Winter Olympics, and who was the first female speed skater to compete internationally on clap skates. Early years Wijsman was ...

(born 1975), Dutch speed skater *

Marieke van Witzenburg-de Groot Marieke de Groot (born 29 October 1985) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Proximus–Cyclis Proximus–Cyclis is a Belgian women's road cycling team that was founded in 2021, registeri ...

(born 1985), Dutch cyclist People with the given name Marike include: * Marike Bok (1943–2017), Dutch portrait painter *

Marike Jager Marike Jager (born 4 February 1979 in Amersfoort) is a Dutch singer-songwriter, guitarist and television presenter. She grew up in Leusden and learned to play the guitar while backpacking through Australia, New Zealand, Asia and South Africa. ...

(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 Marike Steinacker (born 3 April 1992) is a German athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw event at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games, placing fourth overall in Paris in 2024. Career She won the silver medal in the discus throw at the ...

(born 1992), German discus thrower

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