Sasha (name)

Sasha is a unisex name which originated in Eastern and Southern European countries as the shortened version of Alexander and Alexandra. It is also used as a surname, although very rarely. Alternative spellings include: Саша (Sasha – Russian, Serbo-Croatian), Сашо (Sasho – Bulgarian), Саше (Sashe – Macedonian), Saša (Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Latvian, Lithuanian), Sașa (Romanian), Сашко (Sashko – Ukrainian), Sascha (German), Sasja (Danish and Swedish), Sacha (French), and סשה (Sasha – Yiddish and Hebrew).

"Sacha" redirects here. For the Central Asian people, see Saka. For the Siberian people, see Yakuts.
"Sascha" redirects here. For other uses, see Sasha (disambiguation).
Sasha
Pronunciation/ˈsæʃə/ SASH-ə
/ˈsɑːʃə/ SAH-shə
GenderUnisex
Origin
Word/nameSlavic, from Greek
Meaningdefender, helper of mankind
Other names
Related namesAlexandra, Alexander, Aleksandr(a), Aleksandar, Saša, Sascha, Sacha, Sasho, Sasza, Satyana, Oleksandr(a)

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 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 French-speaking regions (Belgium, France,[1] and Quebec[2]), Sacha is almost exclusively given to males.[3] 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.[4]

Notable people bearing this name

A–D

F–O

P–Z

Codenames, stage personas, 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

By surname
  • Sasha Antonov, a character from the 2014 Canadian television series Bitten
  • Sasha Barbicon, the owner of an art gallery from the game Titanic: Adventure Out of Time
  • Sasha Belov, character from the TV show Make It or Break It
  • Sasha Bezmel, character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away
  • Sash Bishop, character from the Irish soap opera Fair City
  • Sasha Bordeaux, DC Comics character, former ally of Batman
  • Sasha Braus, character from the anime/manga series Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin)
  • Saša Bůčková, character from Czech sitcom Comeback
  • Sasha Dixon, character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
  • Alexander "Sasha" Nikolaevich Hell, the protagonist of The Qwaser of Stigmata
  • Sascha König, character from the television drama Inspector Rex, episode 8x13
  • Sasha Kreutzev, character from the anime/novel series A Certain Magical Index (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
  • Sacha Levy, AAU Registrar in the BBC TV series Holby City
  • Sasha Nein, powerful Psychonaut and instructor from the game Psychonauts
  • Sasha Perkins, character from the series EastEnders
  • Sascha Petrosevitch, character from the 2002 film Half Past Dead
  • Sasha Thompson, leader of the Mad Dogs and a target in CHERUB book Mad Dogs
  • Sasha Williams (The Walking Dead), Tyreese's sharpshooter sister on The Walking Dead TV series

Surnameless people

Inanimate objects

Similar names

Similar names in various languages include:[5]

  • Albanian: Dasha, Vasha
  • Bosnian: Safiha, Sabiha
  • Croatian: Saša
  • Danish: Sasja
  • Dutch: Saskia
  • English: Tasha
  • French: Sascha
  • 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
  • Serbian: Saša
  • Slovak: Saša, Saška
  • Slovenian: Saša
  • Spanish: Sancha
  • Swedish: Sassa
  • Swiss: Sascha
  • Thai: Sasicha
  • Turkish: Saliha, Sabiha

See also

References
  1. "Sasha". Behind the Name.
  2. "Sacha". rrq.gouv.qc.ca.
  3. "Sasha". rrq.gouv.qc.ca.
  4. "Popular Names". Social Security Administration. USA.
  5. First name Sasha – NamepediA, data page about the name Sasha
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