Saskia is a Germanic feminine given name. There are at least two different sources of the name. One is of North German and Northeast Netherlands origin, where it originally meant "a

Saxon The Saxons ( la, Saxones, german: Sachsen, ang, Seaxan, osx, Sahson, nds, Sassen, nl, Saksen) were a group of Germanic * * * * peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country ( Old Saxony, la, Saxonia) near the No ...

woman" ( metathesis of "Saxia"). 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 Saskia de Jonge (born 22 November 1986 in Scheerwolde) is a Dutch swimmer who specializes in freestyle distances of up to 200 m and is part of the Dutch national team. She is currently training in Amsterdam under the guidance of Martin Truijen ...

(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 Saskia Christina Esken (' Hofer; born 28 August 1961) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who has been serving as co-leader of the party since being elected in December 2019 (alongside Norbert Walter-Borjans ...

(born 1961), German politician *

Saskia Estupinan Saskia is a Germanic Female, feminine given name. There are at least two different sources of the name. One is of North German and Northeast Netherlands origin, where it originally meant "a Saxon woman" (Metathesis (linguistics), metathesis of "Saxi ...

, Ecuadorian doctor * Saskia Fischer (born 1966), German actress * Saskia Garel (born 1977), Jamaican-Canadian actress *

Saskia Giorgini 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 Musikverein in February 2017 playing an all Mozart recital. Her recording of Liszt’s Harmonies ...

(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 Saskia Laroo (born 31 July 1959 in Amsterdam), is a Dutch jazz musician who has been dubbed the "Lady Miles Davis". Her music style can be described as a combination of jazz, pop, electronic dance music, Latin and world music. Biography The begi ...

(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 Saskia Luutsche Ozinga (born 1960 in Beverwijk) is a Dutch environmental and social activist. She is the facilitator of the Forest Movement Europe (FME) and the co-founder of the NGO FERN, which she was the campaigns coordinator, between 1995 and ...

(born 1960), Dutch activist *

Saskia Ozols Saskia Ozols is an American artist and art educator residing in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is the daughter of artist Auseklis Ozols. In addition to certificates from the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art ...

(active since 2006), American artist * Saskia Rao-de Haas (born 1971), Dutch cellist based in Delhi, India *

Saskia Reeves 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 '' Frank Herbert's Dune'' and the 2016 film ''Our Kind of Traitor''. Early li ...

(born 1961), British actress * Saskia Rosendahl (born 1993), German actress *

Saskia Sassen Saskia Sassen (born January 5, 1947) is a Dutch-American sociologist noted for her analyses of globalization and international human migration. She is Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University in New York City, and Centennial ...

(born 1947), Dutch-American sociologist * Saskia Loretta van Erven Garcia (born 1987), Dutch-Colombian fencer *

Saskia van Hintum Johanna Antoinette Petronella ("Saskia") van Hintum (born 24 April 1970 in Vught, North Brabant) is a retired female volleyball player and later coach from the Netherlands, who represented her place of origin/ native country at the 1996 Summer Oly ...

(born 1970), Dutch volleyball player * Saskia van Rijswijk (born 1960), Dutch martial artist and actress *

Saskia van Uylenburgh Saskia van Uylenburgh ( fy, Saakje fan Uylenburgh; 2 August 1612 – 14 June 1642) was the wife of painter Rembrandt van Rijn. In the course of her life, she was his model for some of his paintings, drawings and etchings. She was the da ...

(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 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 ''Dance Academy'' is an Australian teen-oriented television drama produced by Werner Film Productions in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and ZDF. Series one premiered on 31 May 2010, and series two began airing on 12 ...

'' * Saskia Kupferberg, daughter of Dr. Elliot Kupferberg on ''

The Sopranos ''The Sopranos'' is an American Crime film#Crime drama, crime drama television series created by David Chase. The story revolves around Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey-based American Mafia, Italian-American mobster, portraying h ...

'' * Saskia the Unyielding, a '' Magic: The Gathering'' card * Saskia Madding, a character in

Charles de Lint Charles de Lint (born December 22, 1951) is a Canadian writer of Dutch, Spanish, and Japanese ancestry. He is married to, and plays music with, MaryAnn Harris. Primarily a writer of fantasy fiction, he has composed works of urban fantasy, co ...

's ''Newford'' series * Frederika Mathilde Louisa Saskia, the Queen of the Netherlands, character in Neal Stephenson's "Termination Shock."

Fictional characters

See also