Sasha
Pronunciation/ˈsæʃə/ SASH
/ˈsɑːʃə/ SAH-shə
GenderUnisex
Origin
Word/nameSlavic
Meaningdefender, helper of mankind
Other names
Related namesAlexandra, Alexander, Aleksandr(a), Aleksandar, Saša, Sandy, Sascha, Sacha, Sash, Sasho, Sasza, Sachie, Sacheverell, Satyana, Oleksandr(a)

Sasha is a unisex name which originated among Slavic peoples from Eastern and Southern Europe as the shortened version of Alexander and Alexandra. It is also used as a surname, although very rarely. Alternative spellings include: Саша (Sasha – Belarusian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Ukrainian), Сашо (Sasho – Bulgarian), Саше (Sashe – Macedonian), Saša (Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Latvian, Lithuanian), Sasza (Polish), Sașa (Romanian), Sacha (French), Sascha (German), Sascia (Italian[1]), Sasja (Danish and Swedish) and סשה (Sasha – Hebrew).

Usage

This name is especially common in Europe, where it is used by both females and males as a diminutive of Alexandra and Alexander, respectively. Despite its popularity in informal usage, the name is rarely recorded on birth certificates in countries such as Belarus, the Czech Republic, Russia, Slovakia, and Ukraine, as it is considered a diminutive, not a formal name. Exceptions are Croatia, Germany, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Switzerland.

In Italy or in French-speaking regions (Belgium, France,[2] and Quebec[3]), Sacha is more often given to males.[4] In the United States the name is almost exclusively used for girls and ranked number 569 among U.S. baby names in 2014, although it didn't gain popularity until the 1970s.[5]

Notable people bearing this name

Full NameFirst Name SpellingSurnameYearsNotability
Sasha AlexanderSashaAlexander1973–Serbian-American actress
Sasha AllenSashaAllen1982–American singer and actress
Sasha AndrewsSashaAndrews1983–Canadian football defender
Saša AntunovićSašaAntunović1974–Serbian footballer
Sasha ArgovSashaArgov1914–1995Russian-born Israeli composer
Sasha ArtemevSashaArtemev1985–American gymnast
Sasha BanksSashaBanks1992–American wrestler (WWE)
Sacha Baron CohenSachaBaron Cohen1971–British actor and comedian of Ali G, Borat, and Brüno fame
Sasha BarkovSashaBarkov1995–Finnish hockey player
Sasha BarreseSashaBarrese1981–American actress
Sacha BennettSachaBennett1971–British Film-maker
Sacha Dean BiyanSacha DeanBiyan1967–noted American fashion photographer
Saša BjelanovićSašaBjelanović1979–Croatian football player
Saša BogunovićSašaBogunović1982–Serbian football player
Sasha ChornySashaChorny1880–1932Russian poet
Saša CilinšekSašaCilinšek1982–Serbian football player
Saša ĆirićSašaĆirić1968–Football player from the Republic of Macedonia, of Serbian origin
Sasha CohenSashaCohen1984–American Olympic figure skater
Sasha CookeSashaCookeAmerican mezzo-soprano
Saša ĆurčićSašaĆurčić1972–Serbian former football midfielder
Sasha De SolaSashaDe Sola1988–American ballet dancer
Sacha DhawanSachaDhawan1984–British actor
Sascha DikiciyanSaschaDikiciyan1970–German musician, known as Sonic Mayhem
Sacha DistelSachaDistel1933–2004French singer
Sasha DobsonSashaDobson1979–American jazz singer
Saša ĐorđevićSašaĐorđević1981–Serbian footballer
Saša ĐorđevićAleksandar SašaĐorđević1967–Serbian basketball player and coach
Saša DraginSašaDragin1972–Minister in Serbia
Saša DrakulićSašaDrakulić1972–Serbian footballer
Sasha EdenSashaEden2019British and Lithuanian Child Model / Break Dancer
Sacha FenestrazSachaFenestraz1999–French racing driver
Sasha FilipenkoSashaFilipenko1984–Belarusian writer
Sasha GaborSashaGabor1945–2008Norwegian pornographic film director and actor
Saša GajserSašaGajser1974–Slovenian footballer
Saša GedeonSašaGedeon1970–Czech director
Sascha GerstnerSaschaGerstner1977–Guitarist of the power metal band Helloween
Sasha GollishSashaGollish1981–Canadian competitive runner
Sasha GradivaSashaGradiva1979–Russian singer
Sasha GreySashaGrey1988–American pornographic actress
Sacha GuitrySachaGuitry1885–1957French actor and playwright
Sascha HehnSaschaHehn1954–German actor
Sasha HostynSashaHostyn1993–Canadian professional video game player
Saša IlićSašaIlić1970–Macedonian football goalkeeper
Saša IlićSašaIlić1972–Serbian-Australian football goalkeeper
Saša IlićSašaIlić1977–Serbian football midfielder
Saša ImprićSašaImprić1986–Croatian swimmer
Sasha IssenbergSashaIssenbergAmerican journalist
Saša IvanovićSašaIvanović1984–Montenegrin football goalkeeper
Saša KajkutSašaKajkut1984–Bosnian football player
Sasha KaunSashaKaun1985–Russian basketball player
Sacha Killeya-JonesSachaKilleya-Jones1998–American-British basketball player for Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Sascha KindredSaschaKindred1977–British Paralympic swimmer
Sacha KljestanSachaKljestan1985–American footballer
Sascha KleinSaschaKlein1985–German Olympic diver
Saša KocićSašaKocić1976–Serbian football player
Alexander KolowratAlexander "Sascha"Kolowrat1886–1927American-born Austrian film producer of Bohemian (Czech) descent
Sasha KolpakovSashaKolpakov1943–Russian musician
Sascha KonietzkoSaschaKonietzko1961–German musician, founder/frontman of Industrial band KMFDM
Saša Kovačević (footballer)SašaKovačević1973–Serbian international footballer
Sasha KropotkinSashaKropotkin1887–1966Russian-American émigré and writer
Sasha LaneSashaLane1995–American actress
Sasha LazardSashaLazardAmerican singer
Saša LošićSašaLošić1964–Yugoslavian composer
Saša LozarSašaLozar1980–Croatian pop singer of the former boy band Saša, Tin i Kedžo
Sasha LussSashaLuss1992–Russian model and actress
Sasha MäkiläSashaMäkilä1973–Finnish conductor and musician
Saša MatićSašaMatić1978–Bosnian Serb singer
Sacha McMeekingSachaMcMeeking1978/9–New Zealand academic, lawyer and activist
Sasha MeneghelSashaMeneghel1998–Model, actress and volleyball player
Sasha MitchellSashaMitchell1967–American actor, famous for his role in the TV series Step By Step
Sasha MontenegroSashaMontenegro1946–Mexican actress
Sasha ObamaSashaObama2001–The younger daughter of U.S. President Barack Obama
Saša ObradovićSašaObradović1969–Serbian basketball player
Sasha PSashaP1983–Nigerian musician (real name Anthonia Yetunde Alabi)
Saša PapacSašaPapac1980–Bosnia and Herzegovina association footballer
Sacha ParkinsonSachaParkinson1992–English actress
Sasha PavlovićSashaPavlović1983–NBA basketball player
Saša PeršonSašaPeršon1965–Croatian footballer
Saša PetričićSašaPetričić1963–Serbian Canadian journalist
Sasha PieterseSashaPieterse1996–American actress
Sasha PivovarovaSashaPivovarova1985–Russian model
Sascha PohfleppSaschaPohflepp1978–2019German artist and writer
Sascha RadetskySaschaRadetsky1977–American ballet dancer and actor
Saša RadivojevićSašaRadivojević1979–Serbian football goalkeeper
Saša RakezićSašaRakezić1963–Serbian cartoonist
Saša RanićSašaRanić1981–Slovenian footballer
Sascha RietherSaschaRiether1983–German footballer
Sasha RoizSashaRoiz1973–Canadian actor
Sacha SacketSachaSacket1978–Singer-songwriter from California
Alexander "Sasha" ShulginAlexander "Sasha"Shulgin1925–2014American chemist
Saša SimonovićSašaSimonović1975–Serbian footballer
Sasha SkenderijaSashaSkenderija1968–Bosnian-American poet
Sasha SökolSashaSökol1970–Mexican actress and singer
Saša StamenkovićSašaStamenković1985–Serbian football goalkeeper
Saša TodićSašaTodić1974–Serbian football goalkeeper
Saša ToperićSašaToperić1972–Bosnian Israeli concert pianist
Sacha Alexandre Trudeau"Sacha" AlexandreTrudeau1973–Canadian filmmaker and journalist, son of Pierre Trudeau
Saša VasiljevićSašaVasiljević1979–Bosnian basketball player
Saša ViciknezSašaViciknez1974–Serbian footballer
Sasha VictorineSashaVictorine1978–American football player
Saša VlaisavljevićSašaVlaisavljević1968–Serbian engineer, business executive, and politician
Sasha VujačićSashaVujačić1984–Slovenian basketball player
Sasha WilliamsSashaWilliams1982–Canadian actress
Saša ŽivecSašaŽivec1991–Slovenian footballer
Sascha ZverevAlexander "Sascha"Zverev1997–German tennis player
Sasha CalleSashaCalle1995-American actress

Codenames, stage personas, and alter egos

Animals

Fictitious or mythical entities

Legend, myth, and religion

  • Sasha and Zamani, spirits, two stages of time in Central and Eastern African cultures

Fictional animals and creatures

Fictional people

By surname

Surnameless people

Inanimate objects

Similar names

Similar names in various languages include:[6]

  • Albanian: Dasha, Vasha
  • Danish: Sasja
  • Dutch: Saskia
  • English: Sasha
  • French: Sacha
  • Georgian: Lasha
  • German: Sascha
  • Hindi: Asha, Sashi, Shashi, Shikha
  • Macedonian: Sashka, Sasho
  • Muslim: Salha
  • Nepali: Asha, Aasha, Sashi
  • Persian: Pasha, Rasha
  • Portuguese: Sancha
  • Russian: Саша, Sashka
  • Serbo-Croatian: Saša (Safiha / Sabiha in Bosnian)
  • Slovak: Saša, Saška
  • Slovenian: Saša
  • Spanish: Sancha
  • Swedish: Sassa
  • Swiss: Sascha
  • Thai: Sasicha
  • Turkish: Saliha, Sabiha

See also

References

  1. Sergio Lepri, Manuale di linguaggio e di stile, chapter Nomi propri e di luogo
  2. "Sasha". Behind the Name.
  3. "Sacha". rrq.gouv.qc.ca.
  4. "Sasha". rrq.gouv.qc.ca.
  5. "Popular Names". Social Security Administration. USA.
  6. First name Sasha – NamepediA, data page about the name Sasha
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