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Maiken
Girl NameDanish Origin
Meaning
Danish and Norwegian diminutive of MARIA.
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Maiken Nedergaard
Maiken Nedergaard is a Danish neuroscientist most well known for discovering the glymphatic system.
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Maiken Baird
Maiken Baird is an American documentary film director and producer.
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Maiken Mikkelsen
Maiken Mikkelsen is a physicist who won the Maria Goeppert Mayer award from the American Physical Society in 2017 for her work in quantum nanophotonics.
InnovationIntelligenceWisdom
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