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Personal experiences with the name Saskia: | Edit

I found it funny when I lived in New-Zealand they couldn't pronounce my name, so I shortened it to KIA and apparently it's a Maoriname too :)

Nicknames for Saskia: | Edit

Sassi, Kia, Ass-kia (a friend of mine would call me that as an inside joke) , Ikea...

Meanings and history of the name Saskia: | Edit

Saskia is a feminine name of Dutch origin, which originally meant "a Saxon woman".

Famous real-life people named Saskia: | Edit

Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612-1642), the wife of Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn
Princess Saskia of Hanover (1970-)
Saskia Bartusiak (1982-), German footballer
Saskia Burmeister (1985-), Australian actress
Saskia Garel (1977-), Jamaican-born Canadian actress
Saskia Mulder (1973-), Dutch film and television actress, younger sister of supermodel Karen Mulder
Saskia Sassen (1949-), Dutch urban sociologist, academic, author

Saskia in song, story & screen: | Edit

book - The Saskiad by Brian Hall