Marika
Marika is a both a given name and surname. As a feminine given name, it is of Hungarian and Greek origin; a diminutive of Maria. Apart from Hungary and Greece, the name is also found in Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Japan, Sweden, Slovakia and Poland.
In Fiji, it is a masculine given name.
Marika is also a surname of the Aboriginal Australian peoples of Arnhem Land known as the Yolŋu, pertaining to the Rirratjiŋu clan.
People with the given name
- Marika, Polish singer, songwriter and radio DJ
- Marika Aba, Hungarian-American dancer and journalist
- Marika Bakewell, Canadian curler
- Marika Bangó, Hungarian singer, lyricist and composer
- Marika Bergman-Lundin, Swedish footballer
- Marika Carlsson, Swedish standup comedian and TV-personality
- Marika Domanski-Lyfors, Swedish footballer and coach
- Marika Domińczyk, Polish-American actress
- Marika Eensalu, Estonian opera singer and music pedagogue
- Marika Filippidou, Greek actress
- Marika Gombitová, Slovak pop singer
- Marika Green, Swedish-French actress
- Marika Hackman, English nu-folk singer/songwriter
- Marika Hara, Finnish mountain bike orienteer
- Marika Hayashi, Japanese actress and voice actress
- Marika Kilius, German pair skater
- Marta "Marika" Kosakowska, Polish singer
- Marika Kōno, Japanese voice actress and singer
- Marika Koroibete, Fijian international rugby league and rugby union footballer
- Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress
- Marika Krevata, Greek actress
- Marika Krook, Finnish singer and actress
- Marika Labancz, Hungarian alpine skier
- Marika Lagercrantz, Swedish actress
- Marika Latianara, Fijian boxer, chief and politician
- Marika Lehtimäki, Finnish ice hockey player
- Marika Lejon, Norwegian composer and singer
- Marika Lichter, Austrian singer and actress
- Marika Lindholm, Finnish sprinter
- Marika Lindström, Swedish actress
- Marika Lõoke, Estonian architect
- Marika Matsumoto, Japanese actress
- Marika Mikkola, Finnish orienteer
- Marika Mitsotakis, Greek cookbook writer
- Marika Nezer, Greek actress
- Marika Ninou, Greek rembetiko singer
- Marika Papagika, Greek singer
- Marika Popowicz-Drapała, Polish track and field sprinter
- Marika Rökk, Hungarian-German actress and singer
- Marika Shaw, Canadian violist and violinist
- Marika Sherwood, Hungarian-born historian, researcher, educator and author
- Marika Siewert, Canadian singer-songwriter
- Marika Sila, Canadian actress and social activist
- Marika Stiernstedt,, Swedish author and artist
- Marika Takeuchi, Japanese composer and pianist
- Marika Teini, Finnish orienteer
- Marika Trettin, German curler
- Marika Tuliniemi, Finnish shot putter
- Marika Tuus-Laul, Estonian politician
- Marika Vakacegu, Fijian rugby union footballer
- Marika Vaarik, Estonian actress
- Marika Vila, Spanish comics artist and writer; feminist sociologist
- Marika Vunibaka, Fijian rugby union player
People with the surname
- Banduk Marika, artist and activist
- Banula Marika, aka David, dancer with Bangarra Dance Theatre, Yothu Yindi member
- Bayulma Marika, child actor in the film Banduk
- Bunimburr Marika, didgeridoo player and member of Yothu Yindi
- Dhuwarrwarr Marika, artist
- Kathy Balngayngu Marika, dancer
- Mathaman Marika, artist
- Mawalan Marika, aka Mawalan 1 Marika, artist
- Mawalan Marika, aka Mawalan 2 Marika
- Milirrpum Marika, artist, known for the Gove land rights case in 1971
- Raymattja Marika, educator, linguist and activist
- Roy Dadaynga Marika, artist and Indigenous rights activist
- Wandjuk Marika, artist, actor and activist
- Witiyana Marika, musician and elder, founding member of Yothu Yindi younger brother of Raymattja Marika
- Yalmay Marika Yunupingu, artist and teacher-linguist at Yirrkala Community Education Centre
- Yirrmal Marika, singer and songwriter, known professionally as Yirrmal