I love this name and think it sounds very pretty. I have a friend who has this name however when I told my husband her name he thought I was joking. Apparently it’s very close to a slur for LGBT people in many South American countries. Ah well.
My best friend's older sister is named Marika Maya. We shorten Marika to Mika (pronounced MEE-ka). I really like the name personally, especially in that combination.
Marica is a very offensive term for a homosexual man in Spanish. This is spelled with a k and it’s a beautiful name. But people that think about using it should know what it means when it’s written with a c (in my opinion)...
I am Marika and it rarely gets shortened. I pronounce it like Maria with a K. I believe it's a Hungarian origin but looks like there's lots of us around surrounding countries now.
― Anonymous User 9/28/2017
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My given name is Marika... Nicknamed Rika by chance, NOT popular opinion OR history... I live in Northern California, USA...
― Anonymous User 4/20/2016
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It's a very pretty name. I also like the nickname Rika.
I've only known one Marika and she always went by Mimi. And I don't blame her, I think this name would work on a person from that heritage, but Mimi wasn't very ethnic and the name just didn't really suit her.