The story behind Marika
Borrowed from Hungarian Marika, a diminutive form of Mária (“Mary”).
Other language forms and explanations (2)
Finnish entry
Diminutive of Maria, possibly from Hungarian Marika.
Slovak entry
Borrowed from Hungarian Marika.
Pronunciation
Czech: [ˈmarɪka]
Regional pronunciation variants
- Finnish: /ˈmɑrikɑ/
- Finnish: [ˈmɑ̝rikɑ̝]
- Slovak: /marika/
- Slovak: [ˈmarika]
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Names Similar to Marika
Ilona
From Hungarian Ilona. A rare variant of Helen or Helena. Borrowed from Hungarian Ilona. Borrowed from Hungarian Ilona (“Helen”). By folk etymology confused with Finnish ilona…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
- same syllable count
- similar length
Ma-ri-a
Borrowed from Italian Maria.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
- same syllable count
- similar length
Madonna
From Italian madonna, from Old Italian ma (“my”) + donna (“lady”). The given name is derived from the English term, not used as a given name in Italy. Doublet of madam.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
- same syllable count
- similar length
Mahendra
Borrowed from Sanskrit महेन्द्र (mahendra).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
- same syllable count
- similar length
Mahimā
Borrowed from Sanskrit महिमन् (mahiman).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
- same syllable count
- similar length
Mahina
mahina (“moon, moonlight; a farm”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
- same syllable count
- similar length
Middle Names for Marika
Imre
Borrowed from Hungarian Imre. Ultimately from German Emmerich, which is also the source of Serbo-Croatian Emerik.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Æmile
From Latin Aemilius. See also French Émile.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Bābul
Inherited from Sanskrit बाबू (bābū).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Sibling Names for Marika
Arpád
Derived from Hungarian Árpád.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Imre
Borrowed from Hungarian Imre. Ultimately from German Emmerich, which is also the source of Serbo-Croatian Emerik.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Ištvan
From Hungarian István.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length