Sophie or saskia

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Deciding between Sophie and saskia.... What are your opinions?

Sophia.

Sophie or Sophia for me - not keen on Saskia - not sure why....I do love Sasha though both for a girl and a boy, but I know a lot of MNetters think it is more of a boy's name...

Saskia- Sophie is really common. Be prepared for 4 in a class..also its my cats name.

Saskia, Clarabumps said what I was going to.
Sophia far nicer than Sophie but still will be shortened to Sophie or Soph

Sasha = lovely name but is short for Alexander/Alexandra (but in Russian, the short name for Alexandra would be Sanya, Sasha is the male shortening)

Fiona is nice, or Shona?

Sophie (or Sophia). Lovely classic name.

Saskia sounds a bit "harder" in comparison.

Saskia is the nicer of the two. Don't really like Sophie - it is a bit dull, sorry. Have you considered Sylvia/Sylvie?

Saskia is a good strong name, i have been thinking of this too! x

Saskia beautiful,the name of Rembrandt's wife! only know one Saskia but many Sophies!

I like Saskia and considered it for ds (before I knew he was a ds) but it just reminds me of someone who was on Big Brother.

"but in Russian, the short name for Alexandra would be Sanya"
Never. I am Russian.

Saskia.

bemybebe - I know this is going to sound really rude, but you are wrong - it IS a nickname for Alexandra. scroll down or this lady show this.
It may be old fashioned, but it exists.

Obviously the "lady" is not real but still! the name has been used as shown.

Saskia, also because of Rembrandt's wife. And Saskia Reeves. And cool Dutchness.

thumb - sorry I was a bit short earlier. , but to give an anime character as an example of a russian nn to a russian??
if you ask a russian whether sanya is a male or female nn, absolute majority will say male. girls "sanya" may exist of course but this nn is neither common nor usual for a girl as implied by you, maybe it is common in other countries as Alexander/Alexandra has greek roots, not russian. shura/sasha are perfectly unisex in russian

Fair enough, just going on what I was told by my father's Russian friends but that was well over 30 years ago. :)

hmm. i think it is one of these legends... same as Nikita, which is a strictly male name in Russian, but most people think it is a Russian girls name.

I love Sophie. Saskia, though very beautiful and strong, is too Dutch for me.

Oh well, I know Nikita is a man's name! No, it's definitely what I was told but am happy to stop arguing the point as you obviously do know far more about it than I do, my info was purely secondhand.

Sophie definatley, My name is Sophie.Not heard of Saskia for a while I only no of one person called saskia in their late 20's, oh also another one on big brother.

Sophie always make me think of soppy for some reason its not a strong name. Plus there are loads and loads, 4 in DDs pre school class.