Saskia
Saskia is a girl name of Dutch origin, meaning A Saxon woman; protector.
What Saskia means
A Saxon woman; protector.
Saskia sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Saskia comes from
Dutch names are largely Germanic compounds, often worn down into short familiar forms that became names in their own right.
Saskia is recorded as Dutch in origin. Browse other Dutch names.
How popular is Saskia?
You will not find Saskia in the top 100 girl names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Saskia
We group Saskia under strength. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Strong
Names like Saskia
These share Saskia's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Bram — Father of multitudes.
- Dirk — Ruler of the people.
- Sigrid — Beautiful victory.
- Matilda — Mighty in battle.
- Matilde — Mighty in battle.
- Sigrun — Secret victory.
- Solveig — Strength of the sun.
- Valentina — Strong, healthy, brave.
- Aleksandra — Defender of mankind.
- Berenice — Bringer of victory.
- Bridget — Strength; the exalted one.
- Briella — God is my strength.