Girl · Germanic
Saskia
Say it: SAHS-kee-ah
Meaning
Probably from a Germanic name based on Sahso 'Saxon'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Known from Rembrandt's wife and popular in the Netherlands and Germany from the 1960s.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 1,068 babies given this name since 1961
- At its height in 2002, about 1 in 47,300 girls
- 23 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Saskia van Uylenburgh, wife of Rembrandt
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Parish baptism registers
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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