Message: "The name Majken" - Behind the Name

The name Majken

by Kim (guest)

3/19/2005, 6:48 AM

Since college, I have always known if I were to have a girl, Majken would be her name. My roommate had an aunt with that name and I just instantly loved it. I'm having a hard time with the meaning, can anyone help?

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- Caprice +1

3/19/2005, 12:33 PM

Majken is derived from Mariken, which is an old German nn for Maria. It's pr. MY-ken (MY rhymes with "eye").

- Satu (_satu_)

3/20/2005, 1:09 AM

Mariken and Maiken are Low German pet forms for Marie and Mai (Low German and Frisian short form of Marie).

-ken is a Low German diminutive ending (-chen in High German).

Majken is the Swedish spelling for Maiken.

Regards, Satu

- Indy (Indigo) +1

3/19/2005, 7:10 AM

I think Majken is a Swedish/Finnish form of Michael. It could also be a form of Maaike (Dutch), in the last case, Maaike -> Maria -> Mary, (click the hyperlink for the meanings).

Indy
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- Lissy (GLynElisabeth)

3/19/2005, 7:39 AM

I think it's an old germanic name, a form of Maike or Maaike probably. (which are dutch) In the middle ages a lot of Dutch girl-names ended with en. (for instance Mariken, which is an old form of Marieke.)
It could also be a scandinavian name.

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