Saskia

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Female Name

Usage

Danish
Swedish
Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

Female form of Sasso, which is a Low German form of Sachso, which is the German equivalent for Saxi ^{[1] [2]}

Related Names

Sasia	♀
Sasja	♀
Saskia	♀
Sassia	♀

Combinations

For combinations see SAX (name element)

Further Information

Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612-1642) was the wife of the Dutch painter Rembrandt

Saskia is the title of a song by the Swedish troubadour with Dutch roots Cornelis Vreeswijk. The lyrics start with the sentence Saskia har ett namn med klang (English:Saskia has a melodious name).

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[3]		130	192	0	0
Denmark[4]		57	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[5]		19	53	0	0
Finland[6]		n.a.	189	n.a	4
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Saskia.

Sources: ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
2. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi