Sasha

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from the Slavic diminutive form of Alexander and Alexandra; in English mostly from Russian Са́ша (Sáša), a diminutive form for both Алекса́ндр m (Aleksándr, “Alexander”) and Алекса́ндра f (Aleksándra, “Alexandra”).

Proper noun

Sasha (plural Sashas)

1. A male given name from Russian or Ukrainian.
2. A female given name from Russian or Ukrainian.

Translations

male given name

• Esperanto: Aleĉjo (eo)
• Finnish: Sasu (fi), Saska
• French: Sacha (fr) m
• German: Sascha (de) m
• Japanese: サシャ (Sasha)
• Malay: Sasya
• Russian: Са́ша (ru) m (Sáša) (very common form of name for both men and women)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Саша m

  Roman: Saša m

female given name

• Danish: Sascha
• Esperanto: Alenjo
• French: Sacha (fr) f
• German: Sascha (de) f
• Japanese: サシャ (Sasha)
• Malay: Sasya
• Russian: Са́ша (ru) f (Sáša) (very common form of name for both men and women)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Саша f

  Roman: Saša f

See also

• Alexander
• Alexandra

Etymology 2

From the ending of Natasha, but likely influenced by the Slavic diminutive form of Alexandra.

Proper noun

Sasha

1. A diminutive of the female given name Natasha.
   • 2007 September 1, “Mr S. Forsyth and Miss N. Hussey”, in The Daily Telegraph, number 47,352, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, “Forthcoming marriages” section, page 28, column 2:

     The engagement is announced between Seth, son of Mrs Renate Forsyth, of Jacobstow, Cornwall, and the late Mr Neil Gale, of Wimbledon, London, and Natasha (Sasha), daughter of Mr and Mrs Francis Hussey, of Pease Pottage, West Sussex, formerly of Hereford.

   • 2008 May 5, Emily West, “Obama visits Kempton home of his forefathers”, in Tipton County Tribune, volume 118, number 107, Tipton, Ind., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 2:

     In one bus was none other than Sen. Barack Obama, candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, his wife, Michelle, and two daughters, Malia, 9, and Natasha “Sasha”, 7.

   • 2019 September 4, “Island Style”, in Pacific Daily News, volume 51, number 215, Hagåtña, Guam: Guam Publications, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 24:

     Natasha “Sasha” Fisher Ninete of Sinajana was named to the College of Letters and Science Dean’s List for the Spring 2019 semester at University Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

   • 2021, Harvey Ovshinsky, “Shouts and Whispers”, in Scratching the Surface: Adventures in Storytelling, Detroit, Mich.: Painted Turtle, →ISBN, part 1 (My First Childhood):

     I missed my father whenever he left, and years later, when I was writing guest columns for the Detroit Free Press and in my early days of parenting, I imagined how his frequent departures might have impacted my own relationship with my two children, Natasha (Sasha) and Noah.

   • 2024, TG Wolff [Tina Wolff], chapter 1, in Playing Dead (The De La Cruz Case Files; 4), Lutz, Fla.: Down & Out Books, →ISBN:

     His sister, Natasha “Sasha” Carter was a confidential informant to Cruz’s best friend, Narcotics Detective Matt Yablonski.

Anagrams

• Sahas, hassa