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.[1]
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
^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 242. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.
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...
Saskia Reeves (born 16 August 1961) is an English actress, best known for her roles in the films Close My Eyes (1991) and I.D. (1995), the 2000 miniseries...
Saskia van Uylenburgh (West Frisian: Saakje fan Uylenburgh; 2 August 1612 – 14 June 1642) was the wife of painter Rembrandt van Rijn. In the course of...
Saskia Mulder (born 18 May 1973 in the Hague) is a Dutch film and television actress. She is the younger sister of model Karen Mulder. Mulder appeared...
Saskia with a Flower is a 1641 oil on canvas portrait by Rembrandt of his wife Saskia van Uylenburgh, now in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden...
Saskia Sassen (born January 5, 1947) is a Dutch-American sociologist noted for her analyses of globalization and international human migration. She is...
Saskia-Sophie Rosendahl (born 9 July 1993) is a German actress. She is best known for her role in the film Lore (2012), for which she won the AACTA Award...
Saskia Burmeister (born 12 February 1985) is an Australian actress. She is most known for her roles in Hating Alison Ashley and Sea Patrol. Born in New...
Saskia Meg Horley (born 23 February 2000) is an Australian cricketer who plays for Scotland, New South Wales and Sydney Thunder. She played in four matches...
Saskia & Serge are a Dutch vocal duo consisting of singer Trudy van den Berg (born 23 April 1947, Grootebroek) and singer-guitarist Ruud Schaap (born 22...
Saskia Merk van Rijswijk (Amsterdam, 1961) is a Dutch Muay Thai champion and actress. Currently[when?] she works as a hypnotherapist, mental coach and...
Saskia Garel (born December 9, 1969) is a Jamaican-Canadian musician and actress. Garel was born in Kingston, Jamaica and immigrated to Toronto, Canada...
Saskia Wickham (born 14 January 1967) is a British actress best known for playing Alex Wilton in the drama series Boon and Dr. Erica Matthews in the ITV...
Maria Saskia Hamilton (May 5, 1967 – June 7, 2023) was an American poet, editor, and professor and university administrator at Barnard College. She published...
Saskia Servini (born 2001) is a British athlete who competes in trampoline gymnastics. She trains at Andover Gymnastics Club. "SERVINI Saskia - FIG Athlete...
Saskia Anna Esther Maria del Mar de Rothschild (born April 29, 1987) is a French journalist and businesswoman. She became chairwoman of the Domaines Barons...
Noah and Saskia is a 13-episode TV program initiated, developed and produced by Patricia Edgar for the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF)...
Saskia Tidey (born 11 June 1993 in Dublin) is an Irish sailor, who has represented both Ireland and Great Britain in international sailing regattas. She...
Saskia Hampele is an Australian actress. She began her acting career in 1997 with an appearance in children's television series The Gift. Hampele worked...
Saskia Giorgini (born 1985) is an Italian-Dutch pianist who won the Salzburg International Mozart Competition in 2016. She made her debut at the Vienna...
Saskia Post (1 August 1960 – 16 March 2020) was a US-born Australian actress. She is best known for her leading role in the 1986 film Dogs in Space. Post...
Prodigal Son in the Tavern or Rembrandt and Saskia in the parable of the prodigal son (German: Rembrandt und Saskia im Gleichnis vom verlorenen Sohn) is a...
director. Two lovers, Rex Hofman and Saskia Ehlvest, have traveled to France for a bicycling vacation. As a child Saskia had a nightmare in which she became...
Saskia Clark, MBE (born 23 August 1979 in Colchester, Essex) is a British sailor and Olympic Gold medalist. She competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics and...
Saskia De Coster (born 1976) is a Belgian writer. Her work has been published in literary magazines and she also writes screenplays and novels. De Coster...
Hendrick van Uylenburgh, and in 1634, married Hendrick's cousin, Saskia van Uylenburgh. Saskia came from a respected family: her father Rombertus was a lawyer...
Saskia de Brauw (born 19 April 1981) is a Dutch artist and model. She began modeling at sixteen but quit after one year to attend art school in Amsterdam...
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