Maaike
given name · Latin script
Meaning: weibl. Vom., Schreibvariante von
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/maːi̯kə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Maaike is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.
- NLNetherlands1 in 733(measured from records)
- BEBelgium≈1 in 9.4K
- USUnited States1 in 1.9M
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
- 132 (measured from records)
- 1 in 733 (inferred from the name graph)
23,580 people
Highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
weibl. Vom., Schreibvariante von
Sources 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested across 25 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Maaike 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 | #153 | 23,580 | 1 in 733 | 24K | Maaike | 132 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 9.4K | 5 | Maaike | 70 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 401K | — | Maaike | 51 |
| US United States | — | 171 | 1 in 1.9M | 171 | Maaike | 91 |
| FR France | — | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 612K | listed | Maaike | 74 |
| SE Sweden | — | 50 | 1 in 204K | 50 | Maaike | 12 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈48 est. | ≈1 in 174K | — | Maaike | 10 |
| NO Norway | — | ≈38 est. | ≈1 in 144K | 112 | Maaike | 7 |
23,580 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); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns); the french-names-benoist-2009 register; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); 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)
- Maaike Jansenb. 1941FRFrench actress
- Maike Meijerb. 1967NLnot in their usual nameDutch actress and screenwriter (born 1967)
- Maaike Cafmeyerb. 1973BEBelgian actress
- Maaike Martensb. 1976NLDutch actress and singer
- Maaike Headb. 1983NLDutch rower
- Maaike Neuvilleb. 1983BEBelgian film director and actor
- Maaike Vosb. 1985NLDutch speed skater
- Maaike Polspoelb. 1989BEBelgian cyclist
- Maaike de Waardb. 1996NLDutch swimmer
- Senne Lynenb. 1999BEnot in their usual nameBelgian association football player (born 1999)
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 28 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 24K | #81 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 19K | #196 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 171 | #42,229 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 112 | #7,173 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 1996 | 58 | #199 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2005 | 54 | #187 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2002 | 51 | #189 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 50 | #13,675 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 1999 | 50 | #213 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 1995 | 47 | #225 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 1998 | 44 | #242 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2000 | 41 | #251 |
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
- How do you pronounce Maaike?
- A machine transcription gives /maːi̯kə/ (IPA) for Dutch.
- What does the name Maaike mean, and where does it come from?
- weibl. Vom., Schreibvariante von Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen.
- Is Maaike a male or female name?
- Maaike 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 Maaike?
- In the etymology graph, Mary, Marie and Marilyn are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Maria and Marja.
- In which country does Maaike have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 24 thousand people named Maaike, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled maaike.
- Where is Maaike most common?
- Maaike is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 733 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Maaike?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 23,580 people named Maaike, about 1 in 733 residents.
- How common is Maaike compared with other names?
- In the Netherlands, Maaike is the 153rd most common given name of 101,916 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Maaike?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/maaikeThe 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), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Maaike” — the 153rd most common given name in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.