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DD is 14 mo, and I'm expecting in (September-ish)

DH is Dutch so need names that work in both languages.

If she had been a boy we would have gone for Noah. Unfortunately we told everyone this, so now feel that if we used it for this LO it might feel like a hand-me-down!

Haven't a clue about girls names!

So what names go with Saskia? Both boys and girls?

Luisa
Anna
Joseph

Love Anna!

Joseph has just been born to a close cousin of mine, otherwise I would have considered that!

Not sure about Luisa, is it pronounced like Louisa?

This link might help

Lucas
Milan
Thomas
Reuben
Julian
Nicholas
Samuel
Noah
Dylan
Daniel
Ryan
Jasper
Justin
David
Benjamin
Alexander
Nathan
Jacob
Levi
Max

Sophie
Julia
Evelyn
Sarah
Laura
Naomi
Zoe
Cornelia
Sabine
Olivia
Tara
Lara
Charlotte
Elise
Isabella
Daphne
Elisabeth
Johanna
Jasmine
Emma

Freya?

We have a Saskia who has two brothers named Rex and Cassius and two sisters named Kitty and Thea

Ezra
Linus
Gabriel
Theo
Lars

Allegra
Gabriella

Definitely Freya for a girl! And Anna.

Loving the sexy Scandinavian boys names... Lars and Linus etc.

I think the following work well:

Saskia and Astrid
Saskia and Tamara
Saskia and Allegra
Saskia and Margot
Saskia and Ursula
Saskia and Claudia
Saskia and Imogen
Saskia and Jemima
Saskia and Arabella
Saskia and Ingrid

Saskia and Laurence
Saskia and Fabian
Saskia and Bruno
Saskia and Cosmo
Saskia and Jasper/Caspar
Saskia and Oscar
Saskia and Felix
Saskia and Phineas
Saskia and Theron
Saskia and Magnus

Sebastian and Sophia

Meredith, Helena, Laurel, Penelope, Norah, Beatrice, Violet, Esmeralda, Valerie, Winifred, Rose,

James, Laurence, Clarence, Xavier, Hector, Marvin, Jeremiah, Victor, Lincoln, Milton, Michael, Samuel, Quentin?

Names for a girl that I'm loving so far:

Freya
Anna
Thea
Kitty (But I know DH hates cute names!)

DH likes Femka which I think sounds like a personal hygiene product, and Sanne, short for Suzannah but I think the pronunciation would be a problem.. its S-ah-n-eh

For a boy I love:

Jasper (Although the Dutch would say Yasper)
Noah
Rowan (Red hair runs in the family although DD is strawberry blonde)

Hm some food for thought.

What about Sanaa or Saana? Same pronunciation for both- 'S-aah-na.' It is Finnish and means mountain.

Sylvie
Petra
Cora
Willem

Olaf
Oscar
Henrietta
Lena

On the Daily Telegraph website... it lists siblings for Saskia as:

Boys:
Maximillian
Samuel
Alec
Hector
Harry
Jackson
Alfred
Caspar
Oscar
Milo
Archie
Rollo
Orlando
Alex

Girls:
Sophia (x4)
Algie
Anushka
Giselle
Ophelia
Constantine
Anya
Thea (x2)
Heloise
Isabelle
Kayta
Olivia
Matilda
Rachel
Tatiana
Georgia
Talia
Siena
Natasha
Natalia

My dh is Dutch too so we also needed names that work in both languages. Dd is Audrey, and ds is going to be a Gus. If he'd turned out to be a girl instead our shortlist was Ingrid, Helena or Simone.

Duncan of course for a boy and Femke for a girl. I really like Femke. DDs BF in Switzerland was Femke. She was Dutch.

Or Ottoline. She had another Dutch friend called that. Lovely girl.

i know a saskia with a brother called noah
her sister is called claudia

I knew three Dutch girls called Noa(h). Could be confusing.

I love Freya & Linus.

Would Rufus or Rory work?

Elke
Anouk
Clara
Gisela or Giselle

I would pronounce Sanne as you said and really like it but it would give you an alliteration issue.

Lotte
Mirielle
Marike
Rianne
Julia

I'd use Noah, it isn't a hand me down, but it is a great name.
And for a girl, Anna.