# Saskia

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**Saskia** is a Dutch feminine given name of uncertain origin. It has been in use since the [Middle Ages](/source/Middle_Ages) and is also in occasional use in the [Anglosphere](/source/Anglosphere). One source word might be the [Germanic](/source/Germanic_languages) *sachs*, meaning [Saxon](/source/Saxon). [Saskia van Uylenburgh](/source/Saskia_van_Uylenburgh), wife of the painter [Rembrandt](/source/Rembrandt), is the best-known bearer of the name.[1]

Notable people with the name include:

- [Saskia Alusalu](/source/Saskia_Alusalu) (born 1994), Estonian speed skater
- [Saskia Bartusiak](/source/Saskia_Bartusiak) (born 1982), German football player
- [Saskia Burešová](/source/Saskia_Bure%C5%A1ov%C3%A1) (born 1946), Czech actress, presenter and TV announcer
- [Saskia Burmeister](/source/Saskia_Burmeister) (born 1985), Australian actress
- [Saskia Clark](/source/Saskia_Clark) (born 1979), British sailor
- Saskia Howard Clarke, contestant on the [*Big Brother* British television series](/source/Big_Brother_(UK_TV_series)) in 2005
- [Saskia Cohen-Tanugi](/source/Saskia_Cohen-Tanugi) (1959–2020), French actress and theatre director
- [Saskia de Brauw](/source/Saskia_de_Brauw) (born 1981), Dutch artist and model
- [Saskia de Coster](/source/Saskia_de_Coster) (born 1976), Belgian writer
- [Saskia de Jonge](/source/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](/source/Maaria_Eira)
- [Saskia Elemans](/source/Saskia_Elemans) (born 1977), Dutch cyclist
- [Saskia Esken](/source/Saskia_Esken) (born 1961), German politician
- [Saskia Fischer](/source/Saskia_Fischer) (born 1966), German actress
- [Saskia Garel](/source/Saskia_Garel) (born 1977), Jamaican-Canadian actress
- [Saskia Giorgini](/source/Saskia_Giorgini) (born 1985), Dutch-Italian pianist
- [Saskia Hamilton](/source/Saskia_Hamilton) (born 1967), American poet
- [Saskia Hampele](/source/Saskia_Hampele) (active since 1997), Australian actress
- [Saskia Hippe](/source/Saskia_Hippe) (born 1991), German volleyball player
- [Saskia Hölbling](/source/Saskia_H%C3%B6lbling) (born 1971), Austrian choreographer and dancer
- [Saskia Holleman](/source/Saskia_Holleman) (1945–2013), Dutch actress, lawyer and model
- [Saskia Holmkvist](/source/Saskia_Holmkvist) (born 1971), Swedish artist
- [Saskia Horley](/source/Saskia_Horley) (born 2000), Australian cricketer
- [Saskia Kosterink](/source/Saskia_Kosterink) (born 1984), Dutch softball player
- [Saskia Laroo](/source/Saskia_Laroo) (born 1959), Dutch jazz musician
- [Saskia Linssen](/source/Saskia_Linssen) (born 1970), Dutch model and actress
- [Saskia Mulder](/source/Saskia_Mulder) (born 1973), Dutch actress and younger sister of Karen Mulder
- [Saskia Noort](/source/Saskia_Noort) (born 1967), Dutch author
- [Saskia Olde Wolbers](/source/Saskia_Olde_Wolbers) (born 1971), Dutch video artist
- [Saskia Ozinga](/source/Saskia_Ozinga) (born 1960), Dutch activist
- [Saskia Ozols](/source/Saskia_Ozols) (active since 2006), American artist
- [Saskia Rao-de Haas](/source/Saskia_Rao-de_Haas) (born 1971), Dutch cellist based in Delhi, India
- [Saskia Reeves](/source/Saskia_Reeves) (born 1961), British actress
- [Saskia Rosendahl](/source/Saskia_Rosendahl) (born 1993), German actress
- [Saskia Sassen](/source/Saskia_Sassen) (born 1947), Dutch-American sociologist
- [Saskia Servini](/source/Saskia_Servini) (born 2001), British trampoline gymnast
- [Saskia Loretta van Erven Garcia](/source/Saskia_Loretta_van_Erven_Garcia) (born 1987), Dutch-Colombian fencer
- [Saskia van Hintum](/source/Saskia_van_Hintum) (born 1970), Dutch volleyball player
- [Saskia van Rijswijk](/source/Saskia_van_Rijswijk) (born 1960), Dutch martial artist and actress
- [Saskia Hübner](/source/Saskia_H%C3%BCbner) (born 1992), German-Danish furniture designer
- [Saskia van Uylenburgh](/source/Saskia_van_Uylenburgh) (1612–1642), wife of Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn
- [Saskia Vester](/source/Saskia_Vester) (born 1959), German actress
- [Saskia Wickham](/source/Saskia_Wickham) (born 1967), British actress
- [Saskia Wummelsdorf](/source/Saskia_Wummelsdorf) (born 1980), German badminton player

## Fictional characters

- Saskia de Merindol, a character in the Australian television miniseries *[Secret Bridesmaids' Business](/source/Secret_Bridesmaids'_Business)*
- Saskia Duncan, a character in the British soap opera *[EastEnders](/source/EastEnders)*
- Saskia the Dragonslayer, a character from the 2011 Polish video game *[The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings](/source/The_Witcher_2:_Assassins_of_Kings)*
- Saskia Duncan, a character in the 2012–2013 Australian TV drama *[Dance Academy](/source/Dance_Academy)*
- Saskia Kupferberg, daughter of Dr. Elliot Kupferberg on *[The Sopranos](/source/The_Sopranos)*
- Saskia the Unyielding, a *[Magic: The Gathering](/source/Magic:_The_Gathering)* card
- Saskia Madding, a character in [Charles de Lint](/source/Charles_de_Lint)'s *Newford* series
- Frederika Mathilde Louisa Saskia, Queen of the Netherlands, character in Neal Stephenson's novel *[Termination Shock](/source/Termination_Shock_(novel))*

## See also

- [461 Saskia](/source/461_Saskia), an asteroid
- *[Noah and Saskia](/source/Noah_and_Saskia)*, a 2004 Australian children's television program
- [Saskia & Serge](/source/Saskia_%26_Serge) (active since 1967), a Dutch vocal duo

## Notes

1. Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). *Oxford Dictionary of First Names*. Oxford University Press. p. 242. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.

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