Saskia Forename
11,931st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 83,527 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands
Saskia Forename User-submission:
The name Saskia means 'knife' or 'short sword' in Saxon. It comes from the Germanic root saks- or sas-. The Saxon people, from which this root word is derived, used to live in Germany and the eastern part of what is now the Netherlands.
Read More About This ForenameSaskia Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 100% | 51,771 | 1:326 | 48 |
| Germany | 100% | 12,326 | 1:7,843 | 632 |
| Belgium | 100% | 6,112 | 1:1,880 | 428 |
| Indonesia | 99% | 1,950 | 1:132,289 | 14,049 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1,546 | 1:358 | 21 |
| United States | 100% | 1,364 | 1:265,790 | 8,614 |
| England | 100% | 1,248 | 1:44,554 | 2,187 |
| South Africa | 100% | 689 | 1:79,148 | 6,983 |
| Thailand | 100% | 591 | 1:118,555 | 9,411 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 567 | 1:14,486 | 1,201 |
| Australia | - | 562 | 1:24,302 | 1,584 |
| Brazil | 100% | 500 | 1:428,472 | 14,830 |
| Spain | 100% | 379 | 1:122,770 | 3,211 |
| Canada | 100% | 360 | 1:92,037 | 4,831 |
| France | 100% | 358 | 1:185,671 | 3,121 |
| Austria | 100% | 303 | 1:28,100 | 1,115 |
| Ecuador | - | 262 | 1:67,660 | 2,039 |
| New Zealand | - | 253 | 1:17,929 | 1,479 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 204 | 1:51,134 | 3,395 |
| Sweden | 100% | 127 | 1:77,621 | 3,586 |
| Mexico | 100% | 106 | 1:1,171,174 | 8,850 |
| Czechia | 100% | 105 | 1:101,487 | 1,161 |
| Panama | 100% | 100 | 1:39,066 | 2,928 |
| Haiti | 100% | 95 | 1:112,915 | 6,163 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 88 | 1:40,344 | 1,263 |
| Scotland | 100% | 85 | 1:62,945 | 1,798 |
| Portugal | - | 83 | 1:125,432 | 3,169 |
| Estonia | 100% | 77 | 1:17,083 | 1,563 |
| Denmark | - | 71 | 1:79,570 | 2,519 |
| Aruba | - | 67 | 1:1,549 | 313 |
| Guyana | 100% | 66 | 1:11,565 | 1,692 |
| Italy | 100% | 64 | 1:954,095 | 8,381 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 64 | 1:8,813 | 756 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 61 | 1:98,661 | 3,468 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 59 | 1:511,896 | 13,629 |
| Honduras | 100% | 58 | 1:152,025 | 4,063 |
| Ireland | 100% | 54 | 1:85,991 | 2,269 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 49 | 1:97,305 | 3,159 |
| Malaysia | 95% | 49 | 1:621,427 | 25,302 |
| Norway | 100% | 47 | 1:109,198 | 3,431 |
| Philippines | 100% | 40 | 1:2,650,237 | 54,762 |
| Chile | 100% | 39 | 1:451,467 | 5,727 |
| Wales | 100% | 36 | 1:85,953 | 2,290 |
| Finland | 89% | 31 | 1:176,877 | 3,198 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 29 | 1:183,106 | 1,295 |
| Greece | 100% | 28 | 1:390,520 | 5,921 |
| Jamaica | - | 26 | 1:110,893 | 4,542 |
| Peru | 100% | 26 | 1:1,222,748 | 15,121 |
| Hungary | 100% | 24 | 1:407,990 | 1,624 |
| DR Congo | - | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Qatar | 100% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| Colombia | 100% | 18 | 1:2,654,385 | 19,614 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 17 | 1:15,892 | 1,309 |
| Singapore | - | 17 | 1:369,827 | 10,107 |
| Israel | 94% | 14 | 1:600,208 | 10,774 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 14 | 1:582,308 | 43,098 |
| Namibia | - | 13 | 1:184,937 | 5,000 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 13 | 1:104,725 | 7,155 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 10 | 1:11,158 | 1,580 |
| Mali | - | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Curaçao | - | 8 | 1:19,475 | 726 |
| Hong Kong | - | 8 | 1:969,091 | 5,961 |
| Russia | 100% | 8 | 1:18,029,213 | 55,117 |
| China | - | 7 | 1:195,150,826 | 73,144 |
| Kenya | - | 7 | 1:6,615,301 | 31,578 |
| Belize | 100% | 6 | 1:59,052 | 4,175 |
| India | - | 6 | 1:202,479,662 | 2,100,642 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 5 | 1:4,615,187 | 69,481 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 5 | 1:10,972 | 1,354 |
| Monaco | - | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 4 | 1:5,942,420 | 87,370 |
| Zambia | - | 4 | 1:3,963,698 | 31,018 |
| Bolivia | - | 3 | 1:3,533,801 | 5,917 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 3 | 1:12,619 | 697 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Argentina | - | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Tanzania | - | 2 | 1:26,394,160 | 73,301 |
| Uganda | 100% | 2 | 1:20,478,460 | 91,660 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 2 | 1:3,575,996 | 76,635 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Sáskia (7) are calculated separately.
Saskia (716) may also be a surname.
Saskia Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name Saskia means 'knife' or 'short sword' in Saxon. It comes from the Germanic root saks- or sas-. The Saxon people, from which this root word is derived, used to live in Germany and the eastern part of what is now the Netherlands. Combined with the Latin saxum (stone), the word refers to 'stone knife'.
- saskiaSaskia means 'protector of mankind'.
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Saskia Demographics
Average Saskia Salary in
United States
$49,553 USD
Per year
Rank:
130,695 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000327605
Rank: 9,427 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
113.84%
Sample size: 545 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sáskia | 94 | 7 | / |
| Shaskia | 92 | 79 | / |
| Sashkia | 92 | 78 | / |
| Saskiah | 92 | 44 | / |
| Saskhia | 92 | 11 | / |
| Saskiea | 92 | 10 | / |
| Sasskia | 92 | 10 | / |
| Saskija | 92 | 6 | / |
| Sasckia | 92 | 4 | / |
| Saiskia | 92 | 2 | / |
| Sasjkia | 92 | 2 | / |
| Saskiha | 92 | 2 | / |
| Saskias | 92 | 2 | / |
| Saskiaa | 92 | 2 | / |
| Hsaskia | 92 | 1 | / |
| Sahskia | 92 | 1 | / |
| Saxskia | 92 | 1 | / |
| Saskkia | 92 | 1 | / |
| Sahskkia | 86 | 3 | / |
| Suaiskia | 86 | 2 | / |
| Shaskiea | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sasckija | 86 | 1 | / |
| Shashkia | 86 | 1 | / |
| Shasckia | 86 | 1 | / |
| Zaskia | 83 | 622 | / |
| Saskya | 83 | 604 | / |
| Seskia | 83 | 53 | / |
| Saskja | 83 | 27 | / |
| Sazkia | 83 | 24 | / |
| Soskia | 83 | 14 | / |
| Saskio | 83 | 12 | / |
| Jaskia | 83 | 6 | / |
| Sasqia | 83 | 5 | / |
| Saxkia | 83 | 1 | / |
| Caskiah | 77 | 126 | / |
| Sasquia | 77 | 71 | / |
| Saschia | 77 | 33 | / |
| Shaskya | 77 | 26 | / |
| Zaskiah | 77 | 10 | / |
| Saskhya | 77 | 8 | / |
| Sasskya | 77 | 8 | / |
| Sasckya | 77 | 5 | / |
| Zhaskia | 77 | 4 | / |
| Saaskya | 77 | 4 | / |
| Sachkia | 77 | 3 | / |
| Zasskia | 77 | 3 | / |
| Sashkea | 77 | 3 | / |
| Zaskhia | 77 | 2 | / |
| Saskyah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sashkja | 77 | 1 | / |
| Saskeah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Zashkia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Zasckia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sashqia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sashkya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Saskios | 77 | 1 | / |
| Saskieo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sheskia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shasqia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Seskija | 77 | 1 | / |
| Soskiah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jasckia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sashquia | 71 | 3 | / |
| Syasiqah | 71 | 2 | / |
| Shasquia | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sasskhya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shasckya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sashskya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shachkia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sasigaua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zaskya | 67 | 126 | / |
| Zazkia | 67 | 16 | / |
| Sazkya | 67 | 9 | / |
| Joskia | 67 | 9 | / |
| Zasqia | 67 | 3 | / |
| Zoskia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zeskia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sascja | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sasqya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jaskio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jaskya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zaxkia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Xaskya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sazqia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zasskhiah | 67 | 1 | / |
Saskia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Saskia in the Russian language | ||
| Саскиа | saskia | - |
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