Sasha

\sa.ʃa\⚥French unisex name: girls and boys

At a glance

GenderFeminine and masculine (unisex)
Pronunciation\sa.ʃa\

Origin and meaning

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”).

Where it is mostly given

  • Great Britain
  • Ireland
  • United States
  • Bulgaria
  • Russia
  • Belarus
  • Ukraine
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Kazakhstan/Uzbekistan,etc.

Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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