Marika

See also: marika

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Marika, a diminutive form of Mária (“Mary”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmarɪka]

Proper noun

Marika f

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Marika (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	Marika	Mariky
genitive	Mariky	Marik
dative	Marice	Marikám
accusative	Mariku	Mariky
vocative	Mariko	Mariky
locative	Marice	Marikách
instrumental	Marikou	Marikami

Estonian

Etymology

From Hungarian Marika in the 20th century.

Proper noun

Marika

1. a female given name

Usage notes

• Popular in Estonia in the 1950s and the 1960s.

Related terms

• Maarika

Finnish

Etymology

From Hungarian Marika in the 20th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑrikɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝rikɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑrikɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): Ma‧ri‧ka

Proper noun

Marika

1. a female given name
   • 2010, Ritva Kokkola, Palasin kynnykseltä. Novelleja, Myllylahti Oy, →ISBN, pages 86–87:

     Maija-täti sanoi, että heillä päin koirille ei annettu vierasmaalaisia nimiä. Eikä tietysti lapsillekaan. Sitten kun olin käynyt rippikoulun, minua pyydettiin kummiksi. Ehdotin vauvan nimeksi Annea tai Heidiä tai Marikaa. Koulun takia en päässyt ristiäisiin. Pari viikkoa myöhemmin sain valokuvan, johon oli kirjoitettu Kummitädille Eilalta.

     Aunt Maija had said that they didn't give their dogs foreign names, neither their children. After I completed confirmation school, I was asked to be a godmother. I suggested Anna or Heidi or Marika as the name. I couldn't attend the christening due to confirmation school. A few weeks later I got a photo that read From Eila to grandmother.

Usage notes

• Popular in Finland in the 1970s and the 1980s, often as a middle name.

Declension

Inflection of Marika (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Marika	Marikat
genitive		Marikan	Marikoiden Marikoitten
partitive		Marikaa	Marikoita
illative		Marikaan	Marikoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Marika	Marikat
accusative	nom.	Marika	Marikat
	gen.	Marikan
genitive		Marikan	Marikoiden Marikoitten Marikain rare
partitive		Marikaa	Marikoita
inessive		Marikassa	Marikoissa
elative		Marikasta	Marikoista
illative		Marikaan	Marikoihin
adessive		Marikalla	Marikoilla
ablative		Marikalta	Marikoilta
allative		Marikalle	Marikoille
essive		Marikana	Marikoina
translative		Marikaksi	Marikoiksi
abessive		Marikatta	Marikoitta
instructive		—	Marikoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Marika (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Marikani Marikani accusative nom. Marikani Marikani gen. Marikani genitive Marikani Marikoideni Marikoitteni Marikaini rare partitive Marikaani Marikoitani inessive Marikassani Marikoissani elative Marikastani Marikoistani illative Marikaani Marikoihini adessive Marikallani Marikoillani ablative Marikaltani Marikoiltani allative Marikalleni Marikoilleni essive Marikanani Marikoinani translative Marikakseni Marikoikseni abessive Marikattani Marikoittani instructive — — comitative — Marikoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Marikasi Marikasi accusative nom. Marikasi Marikasi gen. Marikasi genitive Marikasi Marikoidesi Marikoittesi Marikaisi rare partitive Marikaasi Marikoitasi inessive Marikassasi Marikoissasi elative Marikastasi Marikoistasi illative Marikaasi Marikoihisi adessive Marikallasi Marikoillasi ablative Marikaltasi Marikoiltasi allative Marikallesi Marikoillesi essive Marikanasi Marikoinasi translative Marikaksesi Marikoiksesi abessive Marikattasi Marikoittasi instructive — — comitative — Marikoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Marikamme Marikamme accusative nom. Marikamme Marikamme gen. Marikamme genitive Marikamme Marikoidemme Marikoittemme Marikaimme rare partitive Marikaamme Marikoitamme inessive Marikassamme Marikoissamme elative Marikastamme Marikoistamme illative Marikaamme Marikoihimme adessive Marikallamme Marikoillamme ablative Marikaltamme Marikoiltamme allative Marikallemme Marikoillemme essive Marikanamme Marikoinamme translative Marikaksemme Marikoiksemme abessive Marikattamme Marikoittamme instructive — — comitative — Marikoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Marikanne Marikanne accusative nom. Marikanne Marikanne gen. Marikanne genitive Marikanne Marikoidenne Marikoittenne Marikainne rare partitive Marikaanne Marikoitanne inessive Marikassanne Marikoissanne elative Marikastanne Marikoistanne illative Marikaanne Marikoihinne adessive Marikallanne Marikoillanne ablative Marikaltanne Marikoiltanne allative Marikallenne Marikoillenne essive Marikananne Marikoinanne translative Marikaksenne Marikoiksenne abessive Marikattanne Marikoittanne instructive — — comitative — Marikoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Marikansa Marikansa accusative nom. Marikansa Marikansa gen. Marikansa genitive Marikansa Marikoidensa Marikoittensa Marikainsa rare partitive Marikaansa Marikoitaan Marikoitansa inessive Marikassaan Marikassansa Marikoissaan Marikoissansa elative Marikastaan Marikastansa Marikoistaan Marikoistansa illative Marikaansa Marikoihinsa adessive Marikallaan Marikallansa Marikoillaan Marikoillansa ablative Marikaltaan Marikaltansa Marikoiltaan Marikoiltansa allative Marikalleen Marikallensa Marikoilleen Marikoillensa essive Marikanaan Marikanansa Marikoinaan Marikoinansa translative Marikakseen Marikaksensa Marikoikseen Marikoiksensa abessive Marikattaan Marikattansa Marikoittaan Marikoittansa instructive — — comitative — Marikoineen Marikoinensa

Statistics

• Marika is the 101^st most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 7,713 female individuals (and as a middle name to 18,806 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Anagrams

• kamari, karmia, kimara, kirmaa

Hungarian

Etymology

Mari (diminutive of Mária) +‎ -ka (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒrikɒ]
• Hyphenation: Ma‧ri‧ka
• Rhymes: -kɒ

Proper noun

Marika

1. a diminutive of the female given name Mária

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Marika	Marikák
accusative	Marikát	Marikákat
dative	Marikának	Marikáknak
instrumental	Marikával	Marikákkal
causal-final	Marikáért	Marikákért
translative	Marikává	Marikákká
terminative	Marikáig	Marikákig
essive-formal	Marikaként	Marikákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Marikában	Marikákban
superessive	Marikán	Marikákon
adessive	Marikánál	Marikáknál
illative	Marikába	Marikákba
sublative	Marikára	Marikákra
allative	Marikához	Marikákhoz
elative	Marikából	Marikákból
delative	Marikáról	Marikákról
ablative	Marikától	Marikáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	Marikáé	Marikáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Marikáéi	Marikákéi

Possessive forms of Marika
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Marikám	Marikáim
2nd person sing.	Marikád	Marikáid
3rd person sing.	Marikája	Marikái
1st person plural	Marikánk	Marikáink
2nd person plural	Marikátok	Marikáitok
3rd person plural	Marikájuk	Marikáik

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1845. From Hungarian Marika.

Proper noun

Marika f

1. a female given name

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Marika was the only given name of 1608 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Marika.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmarika]

Proper noun

Marika f

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Marika (pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	Marika	Mariky
genitive	Mariky	Marík
dative	Marike	Marikám
accusative	Mariku	Mariky
locative	Marike	Marikách
instrumental	Marikou	Marikami

Further reading

• “Marika”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma²riːka/

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Proper noun

Marika c

1. a female given name