Marika or miranda

[Sharaluck]

Or something similar?

I love the name Miranda. Marietje is also pretty although fairly un-spellable. Is Marika a version of Marietje?

I think all these sound lovely, though I prefer Miranda (my dd is a Miranda ). Am glad so many people on here like it too.

I know a Marica who is Japanese so I did assume it is a Japanese name.

Marijke is dutch - I wouldn't go for this because the pronuniciation is slightly different and the spelling not obvious for enlgish-speakers.

Marietje just means 'little Marie' in dutch.

Marika! Miranda seems hoity-toity to me.

My middle name is Marieke. Am Dutch.

Not crazy about either but like the Dutch name that was mentioned.

Marijke would be unpronounceable to anyone not Dutch. the ij sound is something I can't even explain phonetically.

That said, no one can pronounce my middle name (Marieke) either...

How is Marieke pronounced?

Mah - ree - kuh with emphasis on the ree bit.

Most people turn it into Mah ree kah with emphasis on the incorrect ah sound.

I love my middle name. Wish it was my first name.

That sounds very similar to Marika to my ear. I didn't know there was a similar name in Dutch.

But they should not. The ah sound at the end makes all the difference (and makes Marieke mispronounced, a pet hate of owners of Dutch names NOT ending in 'a') :)

Marika is lovely. I know one with polish origins.