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The goddess and queen of the land in the game Elden Ring is named Queen Marika the Eternal. Although she’s a bit narcissistic I loved her name picked.
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This is my name but my boyfriend and his family speak Spanish, so they make fun of it because it sounds like the slur.
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I love this name and think it sounds very pretty. I have a friend who has this name however when I told my husband her name he thought I was joking. Apparently it’s very close to a slur for LGBT people in many South American countries. Ah well.
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The first name of English singer Marika Hackman, born 1992.
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German pronunciation: [maˈʁiːkaː], [maˈʁiːka] [noted -ed]
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Also Croatian: https://actacroatica.com/en/name/Marika/
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Marika is also Latvian, used as a diminutive of Marija/Māra, Marina, Marianna, and other names beginning with Mari. The name days for Marika in Latvia are July 22 and July 25.
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Marika is a feminine given name of Polish, Greek, and Japanese origin. It has its origin in the Hungarian and Greek nickname for Maria, or its Silesian diminutive "Maryjka".
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwir1MP5jOLtAhUBwVkKHZ6hDGUQFjABegQIFBAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMarika%23%3A~%3Atext%3DMarika%2520is%2520a%2520feminine%2520given%2Cits%2520Silesian%2520diminutive%2520%2522Maryjka%2522.&usg=AOvVaw0AxNLQfsKT3Vtr3mIAUD-c
Origin: Polish. Meaning: Of The Sea Or Bitter. The name Marika means Of The Sea Or Bitter and is of Polish origin. Marika is a name that's been used primarily by parents who are considering baby names for girls. Polish form of Mary.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwir1MP5jOLtAhUBwVkKHZ6hDGUQFjADegQIEhAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.babynames.com%2Fname%2Fmarika%23%3A~%3Atext%3DOrigin%253A%2520Polish%2CPolish%2520form%2520of%2520Mary.&usg=AOvVaw30OJZWrx-xMUfcdGKtlF4o
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Origin: Polish. Meaning: Of The Sea Or Bitter. The name Marika means Of The Sea Or Bitter and is of Polish origin. Marika is a name that's been used primarily by parents who are considering baby names for girls. Polish form of Mary.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwir1MP5jOLtAhUBwVkKHZ6hDGUQFjADegQIEhAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.babynames.com%2Fname%2Fmarika%23%3A~%3Atext%3DOrigin%253A%2520Polish%2CPolish%2520form%2520of%2520Mary.&usg=AOvVaw30OJZWrx-xMUfcdGKtlF4o
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Also used in German: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marika_Kilius
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marika_R%C3%B6kk [noted -ed]
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https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marika_R%C3%B6kk [noted -ed]
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Finnish name day July 2.
https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marika
https://almanakka.helsinki.fi/en/name-days/name-day-search.html
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https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marika
https://almanakka.helsinki.fi/en/name-days/name-day-search.html
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My best friend's older sister is named Marika Maya. We shorten Marika to Mika (pronounced MEE-ka). I really like the name personally, especially in that combination.
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Pronounced mah-REE-kah in Swedish.
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Also used in Swedish. [noted -ed]
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Cute.
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Also used in Italy, where it's sometimes written as "Marica". Famous bearers are Marica Coco, an actress, and Marika Bianchini, a volleyball player. [noted -ed]
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Also used in Latvia: https://www.pmlp.gov.lv/lv/sakums/statistika/personvardu-datu-baze/?id=137&query=Marika.
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Marika is a classy, elegant name. I love it!
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Marica is a very offensive term for a homosexual man in Spanish. This is spelled with a k and it’s a beautiful name. But people that think about using it should know what it means when it’s written with a c (in my opinion)...
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I am Marika and it rarely gets shortened. I pronounce it like Maria with a K. I believe it's a Hungarian origin but looks like there's lots of us around surrounding countries now.
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This is also a Georgian name. Diminutive of "Marina". [noted -ed]
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Hungarian pronunciation: MAW-ri-kaw.
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My given name is Marika... Nicknamed Rika by chance, NOT popular opinion OR history... I live in Northern California, USA...
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Marika Dominczyk, a Polish-American actress.
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I'm Polish and I've never heard of this name being used in Poland.
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Marika is a character in Rick Yancy's The 5th Wave trilogy. The character is called Ringer throughout the series, but it is mentioned that her real name is Marika.
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Marika Anthony-Shaw is a violinist in the Canadian band The Arcade Fire.
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I also know a Latvian named Marika. The Latvian name day for it is July 22, according to this site - another proof that's it's used in Latvia as well.
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Marika means "jasmine, fragrance" in Japanese.
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Marika can be a Japanese name.
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My Greek godmother was called Marika. (I believe her "real" name was Maria.)
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I don't know how Marika is usually pronounced, but the one person I know who has this name (they are Finnish) and they pronounce the name MAH-rIy-kha, rather than Mah-REE-kah which is how I assume this name is pronounced.
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Can also be Japanese with MANY possible meanings depending on which kanji are chosen. I personally like jasmine (plant) 茉莉 (mari) and fragrance 香 (ka)
Some other possible kanji are:
ma:
真
麻
ri:
里
利
理
ka:
歌
加
佳
賀
In Japanese, this has NOTHING to do with the name Mary.
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Some other possible kanji are:
ma:
真
麻
ri:
里
利
理
ka:
歌
加
佳
賀
In Japanese, this has NOTHING to do with the name Mary.
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It's a very pretty name. I also like the nickname Rika.
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I've only known one Marika and she always went by Mimi. And I don't blame her, I think this name would work on a person from that heritage, but Mimi wasn't very ethnic and the name just didn't really suit her.
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I love this name. I know a girl who has it. She pronounces it ma-REE-ka.
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Czech tennis player Ivan Lendl & Samantha Frankel have a daughter Marika Lendl, born 4 May 1990.
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I absolutely LOVE this name! The way it sounds and looks is just awesome! The heroine in one of my stories named Marika.
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My friend Marika was Russian. She was called Mari or Rika.
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A famous bearer is singer Marika Gombitová, who was born 12 September 1956, Košice, Czechoslovakia.
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It's a very common name in Finland, too. [noted -ed]
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I have only known one lady with the name Marika and she wasn't a very nice person. It kind of turned me off this name.
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This is also an Estonian name.
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