Marika

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Marika is a both a given name and surname. As a feminine given name, it is of Hungarian and Greek origin; a diminutive of Maria. Apart from Hungary and Greece, the name is also found in Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Japan, Sweden, Slovakia and Poland. In Fiji, it is a masculine given name.

Marika is also a surname of the

Aboriginal Australian people of Arnhem Land known as the Yolngu
.

People with the given name

People with the surname

The surname Marika is a surname of a clan of an

Yolngu of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. The Marika clan has close links with the Yunupingu and Gurruwiwi
families. Some notable people bearing the name include:

  • Banduk Marika (1954–2021), artist and activist (daughter of Mawalan 1)
  • Banula Marika, aka David, dancer with Bangarra Dance Theatre, Yothu Yindi member (from 1993) (son of Roy, brother of Raymattja)
  • Bayulma Marika, child actor in the film Banduk (1985)
  • Bunimburr Marika, didgeridoo player and member of Yothu Yindi (from 1993)
  • Dhuwarrwarr Marika (born c.1946), artist (daughter of Mawalan 1)
  • Kathy Balngayngu Marika (born 1957), dancer
  • Mathaman Marika (c. 1920–1970), artist (brother of Mawalan 1, Roy and Milirrpum)
  • Mawalan Marika (c.1908-1967), aka Mawalan 1 Marika, artist (father of Banduk, Dhuwarrwarr and Wandjuk)
  • Mawalan Marika (born 1957), aka Mawalan 2 Marika (son of Wandjuk)
  • Milirrpum Marika (c. 1923–1983), artist, known for the Gove land rights case in 1971 (brother of Mawalan 1, Mathaman and Roy)
  • Raymattja Marika (c.1959–2008), educator, linguist and activist (daughter of Roy, sister of Banula)
  • Roy Dadaynga Marika
    (c.1925–1993), artist and Indigenous rights activist (brother of Mawalan 1, Mathaman and Milirrpum)
  • Wandjuk Marika (1927–1987), artist, actor and activist (son of Mawalan 1)
  • Witiyana Marika, musician and elder, founding member of Yothu Yindi (father of Yirrmal)
  • Yirrkala Community Education Centre
    (daughter of Mathaman)
  • Yirrmal Marika (born 1993), singer and songwriter, known professionally as Yirrmal (son of Witiyana)
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