Marika
[məˈriːkə]Meaning
a diminutive of Maria and other names beginning with Mari
Background Story
Marika is a diminutive of Maria and of other names beginning with Mari. It is Hungarian in origin, and Czech and Estonian both borrowed it from Hungarian, Estonian in the 20th century. It is used as a feminine given name in Hungary, Greece, North Macedonia, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Japan, Sweden, Slovakia and Poland, and in Fiji it is a masculine given name. It is also a surname of the Yolŋu Aboriginal Australian peoples of Arnhem Land, specifically the Rirratjiŋu clan.
Variations
Marika, Marica, Mariya
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