Saskia
Saskia is a feminine name. There are at least two different sources of the name. One is of Dutch and North German origin, where it originally meant "a Saxon woman" (metathesis of "Saxia"). The other, thought to be of Slavic origin, means "protector of mankind", and is evolved from "Sasha", a shortened form of "Alexandra").
Notable people with the name include:
- Saskia Bartusiak (born 1982), German football player
- Saskia Burmeister (born 1985), Australian actress
- Saskia Clark, a British sailor
- Saskia Howard Clarke, a contestant on the Big Brother British television series in 2005
- Saskia de Brauw (born 1981), Dutch artist and model
- Saskia de Coster (born 1976), Belgian writer
- Saskia de Jonge (born 1986), Dutch swimmer
- Saskia Elemans (born 1977), Dutch cyclist
- Saskia Esken, a German politician
- Saskia Estupinan, Ecuadorian doctor
- Saskia Fischer, a German actress
- Saskia Garel (born 1977), Jamaican-Canadian actress
- Saskia Giorgini, Dutch-Italian pianist
- Saskia Hamilton (born 1967), American poet
- Saskia Hampele, an Australian actress
- Saskia Hippe (born 1991), German volleyball player
- Saskia Hölbling, an Austrian choreographer and dancer
- Saskia Holmkvist (born 1971), Swedish artist
- Saskia Kosterink (born 1984), Dutch softball player
- Saskia Laroo, a Dutch jazz musician
- Saskia Linssen (born 1970), Dutch model and actress
- Saskia Mulder (born 1973), Dutch actress and younger sister of Karen Mulder
- Saskia Noort (born 1967), Dutch author
- Saskia Olde Wolbers (born 1971), Dutch video artist
- Saskia Ozinga, a Dutch environmental and social activist
- Saskia Ozols, an American artist
- Saskia Rao-de Haas (born 1971), Dutch cellist based in Delhi, India
- Saskia Reeves, British actress
- Saskia Rosendahl, German actress
- Saskia Sassen (born 1947), Dutch-American sociologist
- Saskia Loretta van Erven Garcia, a Dutch-Colombian female fencer
- Saskia van Hintum (born 1970), Dutch volleyball player
- Saskia van Rijswijk (born 1960), Dutch Muay Thai champion and actress
- Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612-1642), wife of famous Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn
- Saskia Vester, a German actress
- Saskia Wickham (born 1967), British actress
- Saskia Wummelsdorf (born 1980), German badminton player
Fictional characters
- Saskia Duncan, a character in the British soap opera EastEnders
- Saskia the Dragonslayer, a character from the video game The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
- Saskia Duncan, a character in the Australian TV drama Dance Academy
- Saskia Kupferberg, daughter of Dr. Elliot Kupferberg on The Sopranos
- Saskia the Unyielding, a Magic: The Gathering card
- Saskia Madding, a character in Charles de Lint's Newford series
See also
- 461 Saskia, an asteroid
- Noah and Saskia, a children's television program
- Saskia & Serge, a Dutch vocal duo
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