Saskia
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Saskia is a feminine
name
. There is some discrepancy as to the origins of the name. The name is often said to be of Dutch
origin, which originally meant "a Saxon
woman" (alteration of "Saxia"). However, the name Saskia is thought by some to be of Slavic
origin meaning "protector of mankind". It has also been suggested that the name is of Danish
origin and meant "valley of light".
Notable bearers of this name include:
Female
Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces non-mobile ova .- Defining characteristics :The ova are defined as the larger gametes in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete, the spermatozoon, is produced by the male...
name
Name
A name is a word or term used for identification. Names can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given context. A personal name identifies a specific unique and identifiable individual person, and may or may not include a middle name...
. There is some discrepancy as to the origins of the name. The name is often said to be of Dutch
Dutch people
The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...
origin, which originally meant "a Saxon
Anglo-Saxons
Anglo-Saxon is a term used by historians to designate the Germanic tribes who invaded and settled the south and east of Great Britain beginning in the early 5th century AD, and the period from their creation of the English nation to the Norman conquest. The Anglo-Saxon Era denotes the period of...
woman" (alteration of "Saxia"). However, the name Saskia is thought by some to be of Slavic
Slavic languages
The Slavic languages , a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia.-Branches:Scholars traditionally divide Slavic...
origin meaning "protector of mankind". It has also been suggested that the name is of Danish
Danish language
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
origin and meant "valley of light".
Notable bearers of this name include:
- Princess Saskia of HanoverPrincess Saskia of HanoverPrincess Saskia of Hanover , Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg is a learning assistant in an infants' school and the only child of the late Prince...
(born 1970) - Saskia BartusiakSaskia BartusiakSaskia Bartusiak is a German footballer. She plays in a centre back position for 1. FFC Frankfurt and the German national team.- Club :...
(born 1982), football player - Saskia BurmeisterSaskia BurmeisterSaskia Burmeister is anAustralian actress. She is most known for her roles in Hating Alison Ashley and Sea Patrol....
(born 1985), Australian actress - Saskia Howard Clarke, a contestant on UK Big Brother in 2005
- Saskia de CosterSaskia de CosterSaskia de Coster is a Belgian writer. Her work has been published in literary magazines and she also writes screenplays and novels. De Coster has also been cited as an up-and-coming author....
(born 1976), writer - Saskia de JongeSaskia de JongeSaskia de Jonge is a Dutch swimmer. Who is mainly specialized in the freestyle distances, up to 200 m, and is part of the Dutch national team...
(born 1986), swimmer - Saskia ElemansSaskia ElemansSaskia Elemans is a Dutch professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:# 2002: 1º in Boxtel, Cyclo-cross # 2003: 2º in National Championship, Mountainbike, Elite, The Netherlands...
(born 1977), cyclist - Saskia Estupinan, doctor
- Saskia GarelSaskia GarelSaskia Garel is a Jamaican actress. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Garel later immigrated to Toronto, Canada, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from York University. She is known for her role as Danielle on One on One and was also one half of the two time Juno Award-winning Canadian...
(born 1977), actress - Saskia HamiltonSaskia HamiltonSaskia Hamilton is an American poet. She graduated from Kenyon College with a B.A., and from New York University with an M.A. She worked for the Folger Shakespeare Library, and the Lannan Foundation...
(born 1967), American poet - Saskia HolmkvistSaskia HolmkvistSaskia Holmkvist is a conceptual artist from Sweden, working mainly with video. She is best known for the short films "System" and "Interview With Saskia Holmkvist" .-External links:***...
(born 1971), artist - Saskia KosterinkSaskia KosterinkSaskia Kosterink is a Dutch softball player, who represents the Dutch national team in international competitions....
(born 1984), softball player - Saskia Linssen (born 1970), Dutch model and actress
- Saskia MulderSaskia MulderSaskia Mulder is a Dutch film and television actress. She is the younger sister of supermodel Karen Mulder.-Career:...
(born 1973), Dutch actress and younger sister of Karen Mulder - Saskia NoortSaskia NoortSaskia Noort is a Dutch crime-writer and freelance journalist.She has written articles for the Dutch editions of Marie Claire and Playboy as well as publishing three novels, The Dinner Club being published in English in 2007 by Bitter Lemon Press, translated by Paul Vincent.Her third book, "New...
(born 1967), author - Saskia Olde WolbersSaskia Olde WolbersSaskia Olde Wolbers is a video artist who lives and works in London, England .-Background:She studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, The Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam and Chelsea College of Art and Design.Since the mid-1990s, she has been developing fictional documentaries...
(born 1971), video artist - Saskia OzingaSaskia OzingaSaskia Luutsche Ozinga is an environmental and social activist. She is the facilitator of the Forest Movement Europe and the co-founder of the NGO FERN, of which she is currently the campaigns coordinator....
, activist - Saskia OzolsSaskia OzolsSaskia 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 Arts, she holds a master of fine arts degree from the...
, artist - Saskia Rao-de HaasSaskia Rao-de HaasSaskia Rao-de Haas is a Dutch cellist based in Delhi, India. She is the first performer to adapt the cello to the performance of North Indian classical music and uses a specially constructed cello, the Indian Cello made by violinbuilder Eduard van Tongeren for this purpose, with five playing...
(born 1962), Dutch cellist based in Delhi, India - Saskia ReevesSaskia ReevesSaskia Reeves is a British actress perhaps best known for her roles in the films Close My Eyes and ID , and the 2000 miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune....
, British actress - Saskia SassenSaskia SassenSaskia Sassen is a Dutch sociologist noted for her analyses of globalization and international human migration. She is currently Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University and Centennial visiting Professor at the London School of Economics. Sassen coined the term global city...
(born 1949), sociologist - Saskia van HintumSaskia van HintumJohanna Antoinette Petronella van Hintum is a retired female volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing in fifth place.-References:...
(born 1970), Dutch volleyball player - Saskia van RijswijkSaskia van RijswijkSaskia Merk van Rijswijk is a Dutch Muay Thai champion and actress.In the early 1980s Saskia van Rijswijk became the world women's Muay Thai champion. Shortly after winning her title, she started dancing, singing and acting...
(born 1960), Dutch Muay Thai champion and actress - Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612-1642), wife of famous Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn
- Saskia WickhamSaskia WickhamSaskia Wickham is a British actress best known for playing Dr. Erica Matthews in the ITV television drama series Peak Practice between 1996 and 1998.She is daughter of the British actor Jeffrey Wickham....
(born 1967), British actress
See also
- 461 Saskia461 Saskia461 Saskia is a Themistian asteroid discovered by Max Wolf on October 22, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FP....
, an asteroid - Noah and SaskiaNoah and SaskiaNoah and Saskia is a 13-episode children's television program co-produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and British Broadcasting Corporation. The show explores a situation in which two teenagers meet in an Internet chatroom, using personas that are very different from their true selves...
, a children's television program