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Saskia is a Dutch feminine given name of uncertain origin. It has been in use since the
Middle Ages and is also in occasional use in the
Anglosphere . One source word might be the
Germanic sachs , meaning
Saxon .
Saskia van Uylenburgh , wife of the painter
Rembrandt , is the best-known bearer of the name.
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Notable people with the name include:
Saskia Alusalu (born 1994), Estonian speed skater
Saskia Bartusiak (born 1982), German football player
Saskia Burmeister (born 1985), Australian actress
Saskia Clark (born 1979), British sailor
Saskia Howard Clarke, contestant on the
Big Brother British television series in 2005
Saskia Cohen-Tanugi (1959–2020), French actress and theatre director
Saskia de Brauw (born 1981), Dutch artist and model
Saskia de Coster (born 1976), Belgian writer
Saskia de Jonge (born 1986), Dutch swimmer
Saskia D’Onofrio (1924-1999), Finnish opera singer and actress, better known by her stage name
Maaria Eira
Saskia Elemans (born 1977), Dutch cyclist
Saskia Esken (born 1961), German politician
Saskia Fischer (born 1966), German actress
Saskia Garel (born 1977), Jamaican-Canadian actress
Saskia Giorgini (born 1985), Dutch-Italian pianist
Saskia Hamilton (born 1967), American poet
Saskia Hampele (active since 1997), Australian actress
Saskia Hippe (born 1991), German volleyball player
Saskia Hölbling (born 1971), Austrian choreographer and dancer
Saskia Holleman (1945–2013), Dutch actress, lawyer and model
Saskia Holmkvist (born 1971), Swedish artist
Saskia Kosterink (born 1984), Dutch softball player
Saskia Laroo (born 1959), 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 (born 1960), Dutch activist
Saskia Ozols (active since 2006), American artist
Saskia Rao-de Haas (born 1971), Dutch cellist based in Delhi, India
Saskia Reeves (born 1961), British actress
Saskia Rosendahl (born 1993), German actress
Saskia Sassen (born 1947), Dutch-American sociologist
Saskia Servini (born 2001), British trampoline gymnast
Saskia Loretta van Erven Garcia (born 1987), Dutch-Colombian fencer
Saskia van Hintum (born 1970), Dutch volleyball player
Saskia van Rijswijk (born 1960), Dutch martial artist and actress
Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612–1642), wife of Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn
Saskia Vester (born 1959), German actress
Saskia Wickham (born 1967), British actress
Saskia Wummelsdorf (born 1980), German badminton player
Fictional characters
See also
Notes
^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names . Oxford University Press. p. 242.
ISBN
0-19-861060-2 .