Marika Explained

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 people of Arnhem Land known as the Yolngu.

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People with the given name

Marika (born 1980), Polish singer, songwriter and radio DJ
Marika Aba (1929–1972), Hungarian-American dancer and journalist
Marika Bakewell (born 1985), Canadian curler
Marika Bangó (born 1966), Hungarian singer, lyricist and composer
Marika Bergman-Lundin (born 1999), Swedish footballer
Marika Carlsson (born 1973), Swedish standup comedian and TV-personality
Marika Domanski-Lyfors (born 1960), Swedish footballer and coach
Marika Domińczyk (born 1980), Polish-American actress
Marika Eensalu (born 1947), Estonian opera singer and music pedagogue
Marika Gombitová (born 1956), Slovak pop singer
Marika Green (born 1943), Swedish-French actress
Marika Hackman (born 1992), English nu-folk singer/songwriter
Marika Hara (born 1986), Finnish mountain bike orienteer
, Japanese actress and voice actress
Marika Kilius (born 1943), German pair skater
Marta "Marika" Kosakowska (born 1980), Polish singer
Marika Kōno (born 1994), Japanese voice actress and singer
Marika Koroibete (born 1992), Fijian international rugby league and rugby union footballer
Marika Kotopouli (1887-1954), Greek actress
Marika Krevata (1910-1994), Greek actress
Marika Krook (born 1972), Finnish singer and actress
Marika Labancz (born 1978), Hungarian alpine skier
Marika Lagercrantz (born 1954), Swedish actress
Marika Latianara (1913–1983), Fijian boxer, chief and politician
Marika Lehtimäki (born 1975), Finnish ice hockey player
Marika Lejon (born 1984), Norwegian composer and singer
Marika Lichter (born 1949), Austrian singer and actress
Marika Lindholm (born 1948), Finnish sprinter
Marika Lindström (born 1946), Swedish actress
Marika Lõoke (born 1951), Estonian architect
Marika Matsumoto (born 1984), Japanese actress
Marika Mikkola (born 1971), Finnish orienteer
Marika Mitsotakis (1930–2012), Greek cookbook writer
Marika Nezer (1906-1989), Greek actress
Marika Ninou (1918-1957), Greek rembetiko singer
Marika Papagika (1890-1943), Greek singer
Marika Popowicz-Drapała (born 1988), Polish track and field sprinter
Marika Rökk (1913–2004), Hungarian-German actress and singer
Marika Shaw, Canadian violist and violinist
Marika Siewert, Canadian singer-songwriter
Marika Sila (born 1992), Canadian actress and social activist
Marika Stiernstedt, (1875–1954), Swedish author and artist
Marika Takeuchi (born 1987), Japanese composer and pianist
Marika Teini (born 1989), Finnish orienteer
Marika Trettin (born 1983), German curler
Marika Tuliniemi (born 1974), Finnish shot putter
Marika Tuus-Laul (born 1951), Estonian politician
Marika Vakacegu (born 1981), Fijian rugby union footballer
Marika Vaarik (born 1962), Estonian actress
Marika Vila (born 1949), Spanish comics artist and writer; feminist sociologist
Marika Vunibaka (born 1974), Fijian rugby union player

People with the surname

The surname Marika is a surname of a clan of an Aboriginal Australian people, the Yolngu of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. The Marika clan has close links with the Yunupingu and Gurruwiwi families. Some notable people bearing the name include:

Banduk Marika (1954–2021), artist and activist (daughter of Mawalan 1)
Banula Marika, aka David, dancer with Bangarra Dance Theatre, Yothu Yindi member (from 1993) (son of Roy, brother of Raymattja)
Bayulma Marika, child actor in the film Banduk (1985)
Bunimburr Marika, didgeridoo player and member of Yothu Yindi (from 1993)
Dhuwarrwarr Marika (born 1946), artist (daughter of Mawalan 1)
Kathy Balngayngu Marika (born 1957), dancer
Mathaman Marika (c. 1920–1970), artist (brother of Mawalan 1, Roy and Milirrpum)
Mawalan Marika (1908-1967), aka Mawalan 1 Marika, artist (father of Banduk, Dhuwarrwarr and Wandjuk)
Mawalan Marika (born 1957), aka Mawalan 2 Marika (son of Wandjuk)
Milirrpum Marika (c. 1923–1983), artist, known for the Gove land rights case in 1971 (brother of Mawalan 1, Mathaman and Roy)
Raymattja Marika (1959–2008), educator, linguist and activist (daughter of Roy, sister of Banula)
Roy Dadaynga Marika (1925–1993), artist and Indigenous rights activist (brother of Mawalan 1, Mathaman and Milirrpum)
Wandjuk Marika (1927–1987), artist, actor and activist (son of Mawalan 1)
Witiyana Marika, musician and elder, founding member of Yothu Yindi (father of Yirrmal)
Yalmay Marika Yunupingu (born 1956), artist and teacher-linguist at Yirrkala Community Education Centre (daughter of Mathaman)
Yirrmal Marika (born 1993), singer and songwriter, known professionally as Yirrmal (son of Witiyana)