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[Facts] Re: The name Majken
by
Lissy
(GLynElisabeth)
3/19/2005, 7:39 AM
in reply to
a message by Indy
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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