Tessa or Saskia

[BananaHammocks]

I find something wrong with every name I like!

Tessa - Originally a nickname for Teresa, does it hold up on it's own? Doesn't seem to have done Tessa Jowell much harm!

Saskia - Is it too Dutch? I have a mixed European heritage but no Dutch!! Also is it a bit.... low rent?

Aaargh the perfect name just doesn't exist!!

[BikeRunSki]

Tessa - was 2nd choice for dd, like it
Saskia - dislike, even though the only one I know I perfectly nice.

[WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes]

Tessa - beautiful and shortens to Tess which I also like.

Saskia - don't like it at all, awkward on the tongue and shortens to Sassy, which I hate, one of those adjectives that only ever seems to be applied to girls/women and isn't terribly complimentary.

[BananaHammocks]

I've looked up other threads for the name Saskia (on here and other parenting websites) and about a quarter of the replies were about how it is a bit chavvy/stripper/glamour girl.

Unfortunately despite all the nice comments on here I think it's already clouded my opinion :(

[kmini]

OP I really like your taste in names!

Tessa, to be called Tess, is our front runner for our DC due later this year (if a girl of course).My main concern was that some would think it was a bit meh & that is seems a bit simple. My other preferred girls names are 3 syllable with European influence! On the positive side,I think it classic, elegant, timeless & can suit someone of all ages. It's also not too common, which I love.

I also suggested Saskia to DH. Not for him. I tend to think it's a little posh. However, I can see how it could be considered a little less than posh too! Perhaps not a middle of the road name if you know what I mean!I am not sure I like Sassy for short.

Hope that helps.

[Stokey]

I have a Saskia - don't think it is at all stripper - I get people telling me it sounds posh (although I guess they wouldn't tell me if it sounded stripper-y)

Think there was someone on BB called Saskia a few years ago that maybe gave it that label

But we haven't met another yet

I also like Tess, though knew a not very nice one at school.

What about Tamsin?

[squoosh]

I don't think Saskia is stripperish at all.

I think Euro Chic.

[invicta]

Both nice names.

I think I agree with Squoosh - Tessa more country and Saskia more city chic. Definitely not chav or stripper.

[MiniTheMinx]

I like Tessa, its a sort of universal name, fits in anywhere and you can't really make any assumptions about it. Whereas Saskia sounds try hard, shouty and MC

[BananaHammocks]

All the positive things said about Saskia haven't swayed me more towards it, so looks like I've decided on Tessa!

[Bowlersarm]

Hooray! Great name. And Tess is very cool.

[DramaAlpaca]

Great choice!

I like them both, but have a slight preference for Tessa. Really love Tess.

[Sleepyhoglet]

I love Sukey.

[ZingSweetCoconut]

Saskia is excellent. we know a few of them (all Dutch or Belgian)

[Missspottydotty]

Saskia is really lovely. Tessa is ok but I think Tess is far nicer than Tessa for some reason Tess seems stronger, feisty but pretty for me Tessa seems to cutesy

[Pinkcustardpurplecustard]

Tessa aka Tess is stunning and chic.

Saskia is like laila and lexy. More of a sexy name

[YouGrateMyCheese]

I wrote about this on another thread, but Tessa was used as a stand-alone name - not a nickname for Theresa/Teresa - in medieval Tuscany. Some people think it might be derived from Countessa. Monna Tessa, a 13th century nurse and a Franciscan oblate, helped to popularize the name. It's hard to go wrong with Tessa, I think.

[NadiaWadia]

It's funny how we all get different images from names, isn't it?


To me Saskia is a chic young woman who maybe works in an art gallery or attends RADA.

Whereas Tessa is a bouncy school girl who loves her pony. Love Tess, though.

[NadiaWadia]

So both pretty upmarket names.

[SaskiaRembrandtWasFramed]

"I thought people might see Saskia as a name that fits in with Savannah, Sienna, that kind of thing? Bit too glam, I've seen it called a chavvy/towie type name on other threads which had made me wary of using it."

I'm hurt :(

[ZingSweetCoconut]

Saskia

don't be hurt.
people talk shit. you are as classy as classy gets.

[SaskiaRembrandtWasFramed]

Thank you Zing :)

[TessOfTheBaublevilles]

I'm slightly biased, but I'm a Tess (just a Tess, not short for anything), so Tessa "Tess" gets the vote from me.

I've spent 34 (gulp) happy years as "just" Tess!