Sasha

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Sasha (plural Sashas)

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

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

• Alexandra
• Alexander

Anagrams

• Sahas, hassa