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
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Grammatical form
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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

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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.