Saskia is a feminine name. There are at least two different sources of the name. One is of Dutch origin, where it originally meant "a Saxon woman" (alteration of "Saxia"). The other, thought to be of Slavic origin, means "protector of mankind".
Notable bearers of this name include:
Saskia Bartusiak (born 1982), football player
Saskia Burmeister (born 1985), Australian actress
Saskia Clark, a British sailor
Saskia Howard Clarke, a contestant on UK Big Brother in 2005
Saskia de Brauw (born 1981), Dutch artist and model
Saskia de Coster (born 1976), writer
Saskia de Jonge (born 1986), swimmer
Saskia Elemans (born 1977), cyclist
Saskia Estupinan, doctor
Saskia Fischer, a German actress
Saskia Garel (born 1977), actress
Saskia Giorgini, pianist
Saskia Hamilton (born 1967), American poet
Saskia Hampele, an Australian actress
Saskia Hölbling, an Austrian choreographer and dancer
Saskia Holmkvist (born 1971), artist
Saskia Kosterink (born 1984), softball player
Saskia Laroo, a Dutch jazz musician
Saskia Linssen (born 1970), Dutch model and actress
Saskia Mulder (born 1973), Dutch actress and younger sister of Karen Mulder
Saskia Noort (born 1967), author
Saskia Olde Wolbers (born 1971), video artist
Saskia Ozinga, an environmental and social activist
Saskia Ozols, artist
Saskia Rao-de Haas (born 1971), Dutch cellist based in Delhi, India
Saskia Reeves, British actress
Saskia Rosendahl, German actress
Saskia Sassen (born 1947), sociologist
Saskia Loretta van Erven Garcia, a Dutch-Colombian female fencer
Saskia van Hintum (born 1970), Dutch volleyball player
Saskia van Rijswijk (born 1960), Dutch Muay Thai champion and actress
Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612-1642), wife of famous Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn
Saskia Wickham (born 1967), British actress
Saskia Reford (born 1468), head Ming Dynasty concubine to Chenghua Emperor
