Marijke
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Marijke is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Variant of Maria.
- NLNetherlands1 in 742(measured from records)
- BEBelgium≈1 in 2.8K
- USUnited States1 in 807K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- Sources
- 143 (measured from records)
- 1 in 742 (inferred from the name graph)
23,293 people
Highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Vulgate LatinMaria(inferred from the name graph)via Maria
- Ancient GreekΜαρίαMaría(inferred from the name graph)via Maria
- AramaicמריםMaryām(inferred from the name graph)via Maria
Steps marked ◐ come from the entry for the form named above them, not from this name's own sources.
Variant of Maria.
Sources 2
Attested across 25 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Marijke counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | #158 | 23,293 | 1 in 742 | 23K | Marijke | 108 |
| BE Belgium | #480 | ≈4,200 est. | ≈1 in 2.8K | 10 | Marijke | 107 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈780 est. | ≈1 in 72K | — | Marijke | 24 |
| US United States | — | 412 | 1 in 807K | 411 | Marijke | 143 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 106K | 1 | Marijke | 73 |
| SE Sweden | — | 71 | 1 in 144K | 71 | Marijke | 8 |
23,293 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Marijke Van Hemeldonckb. 1931BEBelgian politician
- Sjoukje Hooymaayerb. 1940NLnot in their usual nameDutch actor and television actor (1940-2018)
- Marijke Merckensb. 1940NLDutch actress (1940–2023)
- Marijke Jansenb. 1944NLDutch tennis player
- Marijke de Goeyb. 1947NLDutch visual artist (born 1947)
- Marijke Veugelersb. 1952NLDutch actress (born 1952)
- Marijke Amadob. 1954NLDutch television presenter in German TV
- Marijke Pinoyb. 1958BEBelgian actress
- Lies Visschedijkb. 1974NLnot in their usual nameDutch actress (born 1974)
- Marijke Groenewoudb. 1999NLDutch speed skater
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 30 sources across 20 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 23K | #82 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 15K | #258 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 411 | #23,687 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 82 | #4,981 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 71 | #10,738 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2019 | 43 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 41 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2016 | 39 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2018 | 38 | — |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 1995 | 38 | #272 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2017 | 37 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2015 | 37 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Marijke mean, and where does it come from?
- Variant of Maria. Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
- Is Marijke a male or female name?
- Marijke is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Marijke?
- In the etymology graph, Maria, Mary and Marie are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Marja.
- In which country does Marijke have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 23 thousand people named Marijke, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled marijke.
- Where is Marijke most common?
- Marijke is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 742 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Marijke?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 23,293 people named Marijke, about 1 in 742 residents.
- How common is Marijke compared with other names?
- In the Netherlands, Marijke is the 158th most common given name of 101,916 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Marijke?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/marijkeThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Marijke” — the 158th most common given name in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.