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Saskia?

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wahwah · 31/07/2008 11:14

Am asking for someone else, so be brutal, I'll summarise!

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dizzydixies · 21/09/2009 13:46

and who wouldn't!!!!! whats not to love??!

lockets · 21/09/2009 13:44

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dizzydixies · 21/09/2009 13:38

well if you say so it would be rude not to

lockets · 21/09/2009 13:37

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dizzydixies · 21/09/2009 13:36

I love it, tis top of my list for DD4 which am not allowed

also have an Alexandra already so not sure I could have one

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thehairybabysmum · 21/09/2009 10:46

My friend'd dd is called this, tis a lovely pretty name.

saskipops · 21/09/2009 10:33

Sasha, not saskia, is a variant of alexandra.

Its great being a saskia (or saskya in my case).

Its constantly being commented on (not that I guess many people would tell you to your face that they hate your name!) and the BB and eastenders notoriety have helped keep its popularity down so it retains its unusal edge whilst reducing the number people who have never heard of it and so insist on calling me sasha.

Of the assumptions above (posh, sloany, big breasted) one of the three is correct.

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squatchette · 03/08/2008 00:10

I have a Saskia May ,nearly didn't read the thread as didn't want to hear anything nasty about it.I first saw it on a painting. I think it was Rembrandts wife's name,quite common for the Dutch i think.

SlothyMcFrothy · 02/08/2008 22:23

Saskia always reminds me of the girl who was murdered with an ashtray in eastenders

lunamoon2 · 02/08/2008 22:22

I think Saskia is a lovley name, sounds quite exotic!

MarmadukeScarlet · 01/08/2008 22:54

Jules, my dd who is Saskia wishes she was a Tabitha - just no pleasing some!

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wahwah · 01/08/2008 15:39

Thank you all very much for your thoughts. Now all my friend has to do is produce a girl and get her husband to agree to the name.

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JulesJules · 01/08/2008 09:54

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lovelysongbird · 01/08/2008 09:54

i like the fact its not that popular.

hatrick · 01/08/2008 09:47

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bamboostalks · 01/08/2008 09:45

Good name, good vibes, don't think that you can pigeonhole that type of name.

lovelysongbird · 01/08/2008 09:40

agree with what you said about it says more about anyone that watches bb, than the name.
maybe its because its an unsual name it stands out

lovelysongbird · 01/08/2008 09:39

hatrick do you shorten the name at all?
to sasky or kia or anything?

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MarmadukeScarlet · 31/07/2008 18:23

Sorry, yes my mistake, he was married to Saskia for 8 years until her death.

It was his second 'wife' (Starts with H - difficult to spell/pronounce) that he didn't actually marry.

Strangely, none of the folk asking if I'd named her after 'Saskia off Eastenders, who got done in with the ashtray' ever pulled me up on my incorrect marital status .

noonki · 31/07/2008 17:58

I always thought it was rembrants wife, ,y parents lied! - same name as my sis - I love it - she is not sloaney though people def. have that conatation(sp) with it

loobylu3 · 31/07/2008 17:42

I think it is very pretty and quite unusual also without being modern and made up!

lovelysongbird · 31/07/2008 17:00

ohh tell me more about Rembrant's mistress