Comments for the name Mariska

Mariska is pronounced mah-REESH-kah.

Mariska Hagarty is an actress currently on "Law & Order: SVU." I think she is one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood.

It's Mariska Hargitay, not "Hagarty". She's the daughter of Mickey Hargitay and Jayne Mansfield.

Harsh yet beautiful. I have grown to love it. There is a character in the 2004 movie "Van Helsing" (it wasn't very good) with this name, although it is spelled Marishka. She was one of Count Dracula's three vampire wives, the others being "Aleera" and "Verona."

Incredibly gorgeous name.

I adore this name! So pretty, it sounds so mysterious, and harsh (but in a good way), a name a child could grow with!

Mariska Hargitay is an American actress.

This name is also used in The Netherlands, where it is in the top 1000. The name was very popular all throughout the '70s, with the peak of popularity being in 1973 with 501 births. After the '70s, the name's popularity started to decline, but it enjoyed a brief revival in the late '80s - after which it started to decline for good. In 2011, there were only 7 girls born with this name. [noted -ed]

In The Netherlands, well-known bearers of this name are:

- Mariska van Kolck (b. 1963), a singer, actress and television presenter;
- Mariska Hulscher (b. 1964), a television presenter;
- Mariska Bauer-van Rossenberg (b. 1976), a television presenter and the wife of the famous Dutch singer Frans Bauer (b. 1973).

In The Netherlands, the name is pronounced as: mah-RIS-kah.

Mariska Lutz, a minor character of Czech origin in the game "Bioshock."