Saskia
title: "Saskia" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["dutch-feminine-given-names", "feminine-given-names"] topic_path: "geography/netherlands" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskia" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Saskia |
| image | File:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 088.jpg |
| caption | Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612–1642), by Rembrandt. |
| gender | Female |
| meaning | Saxon |
| language | Dutch |
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|name =Saskia |image = File:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 088.jpg |caption = Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612–1642), by Rembrandt. |gender = Female |meaning = Saxon |region = |language = Dutch
Notable people with the name include:
- Saskia Alusalu (born 1994), Estonian speed skater
- Saskia Bartusiak (born 1982), German football player
- Saskia Burešová (born 1946), Czech actress, presenter and TV announcer
- 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 Horley (born 2000), Australian cricketer
- 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 Hübner (born 1992), German-Danish furniture designer
- 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
- Saskia de Merindol, a character in the Australian television miniseries Secret Bridesmaids' Business
- Saskia Duncan, a character in the British soap opera EastEnders
- Saskia the Dragonslayer, a character from the 2011 Polish video game The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
- Saskia Duncan, a character in the 2012–2013 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
- Frederika Mathilde Louisa Saskia, Queen of the Netherlands, character in Neal Stephenson's novel Termination Shock
Notes
References
- (2006). "Oxford Dictionary of First Names". Oxford University Press.
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