Entry № 6496 · Ukrainian origin

Marichka Marichka — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mah-REECH-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Ukrainian
Meaning
"Beloved (Ukrainian Mary)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Ukrainian)

A name that means "beloved (ukrainian mary)".

Marichka (Марічка) is the Ukrainian diminutive of Maria — particularly associated with the Hutsul (Carpathian) region.

Marichka is widely used in Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Mary. The Carpathian heroine.

The name in its native script.

Марічка
Transliteration
Marichka
Pronunciation
/ məˈriːtʃ.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Marichka stands.

Marichka does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Marichkas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Marichka
Heroine of Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors.
1965 Ukrainian film

Names connected to Marichka.

The number behind Marichka.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Marichka reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.