Marieke

Marieke, also spelled Marike, is a Dutch-language feminine given name, a diminutive of Maria. The Polish, Greek and Japanese equivalent is Marika.

The -ke suffix is characteristic for Flemish, Brabantian and Limburgish dialects, indicating that the name perhaps originated in present-day Belgium or the south of the Netherlands.

People named Marieke or Marike
People with the given name Marieke include:
 * Marieke van Amerom (born 1942), Dutch painter
 * Marieke Blaauw (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, Dutch writer
 * Marieke Nivard (born 1990), Dutch golfer
 * Marieke van der Putten (born 1982), Dutch dressage rider
 * Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (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 (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 (1937–2001), First Lady of South Africa
 * Marike Paulsson, legal scholar
 * Marike Steinacker (born 1992), German discus thrower