At a Glance: Name: Meike – Meaning: pet form of Maria (Maria's own root meaning is disputed) – Origin: Low German/West Frisian (pet form of Maria) – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: MY-kuh
Meike is a Low German/West Frisian (pet form of Maria) girl's name meaning “pet form of Maria (Maria's own root meaning is disputed)”. It appears in our list of 150+ Beautiful Girl Names with Nicknames.
Meaning & Origin of Meike
Meaning: Pet form of Maria (Maria's own root meaning is disputed).
Origin: Low German/West Frisian (pet form of Maria).
A common claim: Meike means 'who is like God' Actually: Meike is a pet form of Maria, not Michael — per Wiktionary, the meaning 'who is like God' belongs to Michael-derived names.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Meike
Phonetic: MY-kuh IPA: /ˈmaɪkə/
Popularity of Meike
Meike doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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