Sasha (name)

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name	Sasha
pronunciation

| | gender | Unisex | meaning =defender, helper of mankind | | origin | Slavic | | related names | Alexandra, Alexander, Aleksandr(a), Aleksandar, Aleksaša, Saša, Sašura, Šurik, Sandy, Sascha, Sacha, Sash, Sasho, Sasza, Sachie, Sacheverell, Oleksandr(a) | ::

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| gender = Unisex | meaning =defender, helper of mankind | region = | origin = Slavic | related names = Alexandra, Alexander, Aleksandr(a), Aleksandar, Aleksaša, Saša, Sašura, Šurik, Sandy, Sascha, Sacha, Sash, Sasho, Sasza, Sachie, Sacheverell, Oleksandr(a) | footnotes = |wikt =

Sasha is a 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), Sasja (Danish and Swedish) and סשה (Sasha – Yiddish).

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, and Quebec), Sacha is more often given to males. 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.

Notable people bearing this name

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Full Name	First Name Spelling	Surname	Years	Notability
	Sasha Alexander	Sasha	Alexander	1973–
	Sasha Allen	Sasha	Allen	1982–
	Sasha Andrews	Sasha	Andrews	1983–
	Saša Antunović	Saša	Antunović	1974–
	Sasha Argov	Sasha	Argov	1914–1995
	Sasha Artemev	Sasha	Artemev	1985–
	Sasha Banks	Sasha	Banks	1992–
	Sacha Baron Cohen	Sacha	Baron Cohen	1971–
	Aleksander Sasha Barkov	Sasha	Barkov	1995–
	Sasha Barrese	Sasha	Barrese	1981–
	Sacha Bennett	Sacha	Bennett	1971–
Sascha Bilay	Sascha	Bilay	1979–	German politician
	Saša Bjelanović	Saša	Bjelanović	1979–
	Saša Bogunović	Saša	Bogunović	1982–
	Sacha Boisvert	Sacha	Boisvert	2006–
	Sasha Calle	Sasha	Calle	1995-
	Sasha Chorny	Sasha	Chorny	1880–1932
	Saša Cilinšek	Saša	Cilinšek	1982–
	Saša Ćirić	Saša	Ćirić	1968–
	Sasha Cohen	Sasha	Cohen	1984–
	Sasha Cooke	Sasha	Cooke
	Saša Ćurčić	Saša	Ćurčić	1972–
	Sasha De Sola	Sasha	De Sola	1988–
	Sacha Dhawan	Sacha	Dhawan	1984–
	Sascha Dikiciyan	Sascha	Dikiciyan	1970–
	Sacha Distel	Sacha	Distel	1933–2004
	Sasha Dobson	Sasha	Dobson	1979–
	Saša Đorđević	Saša	Đorđević	1981–
	Saša Đorđević	Aleksandar Saša	Đorđević	1967–
	Saša Dragin	Saša	Dragin	1972–
	Saša Drakulić	Saša	Drakulić	1972–
	Sasha Farber	Sasha	Farber	1984–
	Sacha Fenestraz	Sacha	Fenestraz	1999–
	Sasha Filipenko	Sasha	Filipenko	1984–
	Sasha Gabor	Sasha	Gabor	1945–2008
	Saša Gajser	Saša	Gajser	1974–
	Saša Gedeon	Saša	Gedeon	1970–
	Sascha Gerstner	Sascha	Gerstner	1977–
	Sasha Gollish	Sasha	Gollish	1981–
	Sasha Gradiva	Sasha	Gradiva	1979–
	Sasha Grey	Sasha	Grey	1988–
	Sacha Guitry	Sacha	Guitry	1885–1957
	Sascha Hehn	Sascha	Hehn	1954–
	Sacha Hickey	Sacha	Hickey	2003–
	Sasha Hostyn	Sasha	Hostyn	1993–
	Saša Ilić	Saša	Ilić	1970–
	Saša Ilić	Saša	Ilić	1972–
	Saša Ilić	Saša	Ilić	1977–
	Saša Imprić	Saša	Imprić	1986–
	Sasha Issenberg	Sasha	Issenberg
	Saša Ivanović	Saša	Ivanović	1984–
	Saša Kajkut	Saša	Kajkut	1984–
	Sasha Kaun	Sasha	Kaun	1985–
	Sacha Killeya-Jones	Sacha	Killeya-Jones	1998–
	Sascha Kindred	Sascha	Kindred	1977–
	Sacha Kljestan	Sacha	Kljestan	1985–
	Sascha Klein	Sascha	Klein	1985–
	Saša Kocić	Saša	Kocić	1976–
	Alexander Kolowrat	Alexander "Sascha"	Kolowrat	1886–1927
	Sasha Kolpakov	Sasha	Kolpakov	1943–
	Sascha Konietzko	Sascha	Konietzko	1961–
	Saša Kovačević (footballer)	Saša	Kovačević	1973–
	Sasha Kropotkin	Sasha	Kropotkin	1887–1966
Sasha Kurmaz	Sasha	Kurmaz	1986–	Ukrainian artist and photographer
	Sasha Lane	Sasha	Lane	1995–
	Sasha Lazard	Sasha	Lazard
	Saša Lošić	Saša	Lošić	1964–
	Saša Lozar	Saša	Lozar	1980–
	Sasha Luss	Sasha	Luss	1992–
	Sasha Mäkilä	Sasha	Mäkilä	1973–
	Saša Matić	Saša	Matić	1978–
Sacha McMeeking	Sacha	McMeeking	1978/9–	New Zealand academic, lawyer and activist
	Sasha Meneghel	Sasha	Meneghel	1998–
	Sasha Mitchell	Sasha	Mitchell	1967–
	Sasha Montenegro	Sasha	Montenegro	1946–
	Sasha Obama	Sasha	Obama	2001–
	Saša Obradović	Saša	Obradović	1969–
	Sasha P	Sasha	P	1983–
	Saša Papac	Saša	Papac	1980–
	Sacha Parkinson	Sacha	Parkinson	1992–
	Sasha Pavlović	Sasha	Pavlović	1983–
	Saša Peršon	Saša	Peršon	1965–
	Saša Petričić	Saša	Petričić	1963–
	Sasha Pieterse	Sasha	Pieterse	1996–
	Sasha Pivovarova	Sasha	Pivovarova	1985–
	Sascha Pohflepp	Sascha	Pohflepp	1978–2019
	Sascha Radetsky	Sascha	Radetsky	1977–
	Saša Radivojević	Saša	Radivojević	1979–
	Saša Rakezić	Saša	Rakezić	1963–
	Saša Ranić	Saša	Ranić	1981–
	Sascha Riether	Sascha	Riether	1983–
	Sasha Roiz	Sasha	Roiz	1973–
	Sacha Sacket	Sacha	Sacket	1978–
	Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin	Alexander "Sasha"	Shulgin	1925–2014
	Sascha Scheleter	Sascha	Schleter	1985–
	Saša Simonović	Saša	Simonović	1975–
	Sasha Skenderija	Sasha	Skenderija	1968–
	Sasha Sökol	Sasha	Sökol	1970–
	Saša Stamenković	Saša	Stamenković	1985–
	Sasha Tirupati	Sasha	Tirupati	1989–
	Saša Todić	Saša	Todić	1974–
	Saša Toperić	Saša	Toperić	1972–
	Sacha Alexandre Trudeau	"Sacha" Alexandre	Trudeau	1973–
	Sacha Visagie	Sacha	Visagie	–
	Saša Vasiljević	Saša	Vasiljević	1979–
	Saša Viciknez	Saša	Viciknez	1974–
	Sasha Victorine	Sasha	Victorine	1978–
	Saša Vlaisavljević	Saša	Vlaisavljević	1968–
	Sasha Vujačić	Sasha	Vujačić	1984–
	Sasha Williams	Sasha	Williams	1982–
	Saša Živec	Saša	Živec	1991–
	Sascha Zverev	Alexander "Sascha"	Zverev	1997–
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Codenames, stage personas, and alter egos

• Sasha (espionage), an alleged Soviet mole in the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency during the Cold War
• Sasha (DJ) (born 1969), born Alexander Coe
• Sasha (Jamaican musician) (born 1974), born Christine Chin
• Sasha (German singer) (born 1972), born Sascha Schmitz
• Sasha Banks (born 1992), American professional wrestler
• Sasha Fierce, the alter ego of Beyoncé (born 1981)
• Sasha Alex Sloan (born 1995), born Alexandra Artourovna Yatchenko
• Sasha Velour (born 1987), famous drag queen best known for appearing on RuPaul's Drag Race (season 9); born Alexander Hedges Steinberg

Animals

• Sasha (dog) (2004–2008), a Labrador dog that served in the British Army
• Galianora sacha (G. sacha), Ecuadorian jumping spider

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

• Sasha, a character from the movie,* Help! I'm a Fish*
• Sasha, bird character from Walt Disney's Peter and the Wolf (1946 film)
• Sasha, cat from the book series Warriors by Erin Hunter
• Sacha, desman (water mole) in the animated television program Noah's Island
• Sasha La Fleur, a character from the movie All Dogs Go to Heaven 2, the television series All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series, and An All Dogs Christmas Carol
• Sasha (Vampire), a character from the Twilight book and film series
• Sasha, a rabbit villager in the video game Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Fictional people

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
• Saša Bůčková, character from Czech sitcom Comeback
• Sasha Dixon, character in the British soap opera EastEnders
• Sasha Gilmore, a character in the American daytime drama General Hospital
• Alexander "Sasha" Nikolaevich Hell, the protagonist of The Qwaser of Stigmata
• Sasha James, a character from the horror podcast "The Magnus Archives"
• 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 British medical drama series Holby City
• Sasha Nein, powerful Psychonaut and instructor from the game Psychonauts
• Sasha Perkins, character in the British soap opera 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 Valentine, character in the British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Sasha Waybright, from the American animated series Amphibia
• Sasha Williams (The Walking Dead), Tyreese's sharpshooter sister on The Walking Dead TV series

Surnameless people

• Sasha, Russian pilot in the 2009 movie 2012 (film)
• Sasha, Ted Mundy's absolute friend in John le Carré's espionage novel Absolute Friends (2003)
• Sasha, commanding officer from the game Advance Wars: Dual Strike
• Sasha, romantic love interest of Ginger in Nickelodeon's As Told by Ginger
• Sascha, a reaper in the manga* Black Butler* by Yana Toboso
• Sasha, character from the Bratz line of fashion dolls, see List of Bratz characters
• Sascha, the Russian bartender at Rick's Café Américain, played by Leonid Kinskey in Casablanca (1942)
• Sasha, the enigmatic female hacker from the film Cube 2: Hypercube (2003)
• Sasha, the leader of The Reapers gang in Infamous (video game)
• Sasha, the character from the film The Last Station (2009)
• Sasha, the Muscovite princess in the novel Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf
• Sasha, from the Papa Louie video games
• Sasha, the character from the Japanese manga Pita-Ten
• Sasha, the reincarnation of Athena in the manga Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas
• Sasha, character from Adult Swim's Titan Maximum
• Captain Sasha from the Ratchet & Clank series
• Sweet Sasha, a doll from Ty Girlz
• Sasha, an adolescent schoolgirl from the 2023 Barbie movie
• Sascha … ein aufrechter Deutscher, subject and title of a Tote Hosen song

Inanimate objects

• Sasha is the name Heavy gives to his minigun in the game Team Fortress 2.
• The singer Lizzo named her flute Sasha.

Similar names

Similar names in various languages include:

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

References

References

1. Sergio Lepri, ''Manuale di linguaggio e di stile'', chapter ''[http://www.sergiolepri.it/documenti/stylebook-nomipropri.pdf Nomi propri e di luogo]''
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6. [http://namepedia.org/en/firstname/Sasha_(8476)/ First name Sasha – NamepediA], data page about the name Sasha

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