Meike is a Dutch and German feminine given name. It is a diminutive short form of
Maria
Maria may refer to:
People
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages
Place names Extraterrestrial
* 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877
* Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...
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Meike
(in Dutch), 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 ...
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People named Meike
*Meike Babel
Meike Babel (born 22 November 1974) is a former tennis player from Germany.
Career
In her ten years on the WTA Tour, she ranked as high as world number 27 in singles and 45 in doubles.
Coaching career
She was a women's tennis assistant coach ...
, German tennis player
* Meike de Bruijn (born 1970), Dutch road cyclist
*Meike Evers
Meike Evers (born 6 June 1977 in Berlin) is a German rower who was co-winner of two Olympic gold medals. She is currently a police detective and member of the "Athlete Committee" of the World Anti-Doping Agency
The World Anti-Doping Agency ...
(born 1977), German rower
*Meike Freitag
Meike Freitag (born 7 February 1979) is a German former swimmer
Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a se ...
(born 1979), German swimmer
* Meike Hoffmann (born 1962), German art historian and provenance researcher
* Meike Kröger (born 1986), German track and field athlete
* Meike de Nooy (born 1983), Dutch water polo player
* Meike Schmelzer (born 1993), German handball player
* Meike de Vlas (1942–2022), Dutch rower
* Meike Wortel (born 1982), Dutch bridge player
* Meike Ziervogel (born 1967), German writer and publisher
Fictional character
*Meike Breuer, character of the German soap opera ''Verbotene Liebe
''Verbotene Liebe'' (, "Forbidden Love") is a German television soap opera created by Reg Watson for Das Erste. The show was set primarily in the German city of Düsseldorf although, at times, the city of Cologne and the Spanish island of Mall ...
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Dutch feminine given names
Feminine given names
German feminine given names