Sasha (name)

"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).

SashaPronunciation| /ˈsæʃə/ SASH-ə
/ˈsɑːʃə/ SAH-shə

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Gender| Unisex
Origin
Word/name| Slavic[citation needed]
Meaning| defender, helper of mankind
Other names
Related names| Alexandra, Alexander, Aleksandr(a), Aleksandar, Aleksaša, Saša, Sašura, Šurik, Sandy, Sascha, Sacha, Sash, Sasho, Sasza, Sachie, Sacheverell, Oleksandr(a)

Sasha is a name which originated among Slavic peoples from Eastern and Southern Europe[citation needed] 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

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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. [citation needed]

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

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Full Name | First Name Spelling | Surname | Years | Notability

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Sasha Alexander | Sasha | Alexander | 1973– | American actress
Sasha Allen | Sasha | Allen | 1982– | American singer and actress
Sasha Andrews | Sasha | Andrews | 1983– | Canadian football defender
Saša Antunović | Saša | Antunović | 1974– | Serbian footballer
Sasha Argov | Sasha | Argov | 1914–1995 | Russian-born Israeli composer
Sasha Artemev | Sasha | Artemev | 1985– | American gymnast
Sasha Banks | Sasha | Banks | 1992– | American wrestler (WWE)
Sacha Baron Cohen | Sacha | Baron Cohen | 1971– | English actor and comedian of Ali G, Borat, and Brüno fame
Aleksander ''Sasha'' Barkov | Sasha | Barkov | 1995– | Finnish hockey player
Sasha Barrese | Sasha | Barrese | 1981– | American actress
Sacha Bennett | Sacha | Bennett | 1971– | English Film-maker
Sascha Bilay | Sascha  | Bilay  | 1979–  | German politician
Saša Bjelanović | Saša | Bjelanović | 1979– | Croatian football player
Saša Bogunović | Saša | Bogunović | 1982– | Serbian football player
Sacha Boisvert | Sacha | Boisvert | 2006– | Canadian ice hockey player
Sasha Calle | Sasha | Calle | 1995- | American actress
Sasha Chorny | Sasha | Chorny | 1880–1932 | Russian poet
Saša Cilinšek | Saša | Cilinšek | 1982– | Serbian football player
Saša Ćirić | Saša | Ćirić | 1968– | Football player from the Republic of Macedonia, of Serbian origin
Sasha Cohen | Sasha | Cohen | 1984– | American Olympic figure skater
Sasha Cooke | Sasha | Cooke |  | American mezzo-soprano
Saša Ćurčić | Saša | Ćurčić | 1972– | Serbian former football midfielder
Sasha De Sola | Sasha | De Sola | 1988– | American ballet dancer
Sacha Dhawan | Sacha | Dhawan | 1984– | English actor
Sascha Dikiciyan | Sascha | Dikiciyan | 1970– | German musician, known as Sonic Mayhem
Sacha Distel | Sacha | Distel | 1933–2004 | French singer
Sasha Dobson | Sasha | Dobson | 1979– | American jazz singer
Saša Đorđević | Saša | Đorđević | 1981– | Serbian footballer
Saša Đorđević | Aleksandar Saša | Đorđević | 1967– | Serbian basketball player and coach
Saša Dragin | Saša | Dragin | 1972– | Minister in Serbia
Saša Drakulić | Saša | Drakulić | 1972– | Serbian footballer
Sasha Farber | Sasha | Farber | 1984– | Soviet-born Australian-American dancer
Sacha Fenestraz | Sacha | Fenestraz | 1999– | French racing driver
Sasha Filipenko | Sasha | Filipenko | 1984– | Belarusian writer
Sasha Gabor | Sasha | Gabor | 1945–2008 | Norwegian pornographic film director and actor
Saša Gajser | Saša | Gajser | 1974– | Slovenian footballer
Saša Gedeon | Saša | Gedeon | 1970– | Czech director
Sascha Gerstner | Sascha | Gerstner | 1977– | Guitarist of the power metal band Helloween
Sasha Gollish | Sasha | Gollish | 1981– | Canadian competitive runner
Sasha Gradiva | Sasha | Gradiva | 1979– | Russian singer
Sasha Grey | Sasha | Grey | 1988– | American pornographic actress
Sacha Guitry | Sacha | Guitry | 1885–1957 | French actor and playwright
Sascha Hehn | Sascha | Hehn | 1954– | German actor
Sacha Hickey | Sacha | Hickey | 2003– | English boxer
Sasha Hostyn | Sasha | Hostyn | 1993– | Canadian professional video game player
Saša Ilić | Saša | Ilić | 1970– | Macedonian football goalkeeper
Saša Ilić | Saša | Ilić | 1972– | Serbian-Australian football goalkeeper
Saša Ilić | Saša | Ilić | 1977– | Serbian football midfielder
Saša Imprić | Saša | Imprić | 1986– | Croatian swimmer
Sasha Issenberg | Sasha | Issenberg |  | American journalist
Saša Ivanović | Saša | Ivanović | 1984– | Montenegrin football goalkeeper
Saša Kajkut | Saša | Kajkut | 1984– | Bosnian football player
Sasha Kaun | Sasha | Kaun | 1985– | Russian basketball player
Sacha Killeya-Jones | Sacha | Killeya-Jones | 1998– | American-English basketball player for Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Sascha Kindred | Sascha | Kindred | 1977– | English Paralympic swimmer
Sacha Kljestan | Sacha | Kljestan | 1985– | American footballer
Sascha Klein | Sascha | Klein | 1985– | German Olympic diver
Saša Kocić | Saša | Kocić | 1976– | Serbian football player
Alexander Kolowrat | Alexander "Sascha" | Kolowrat | 1886–1927 | American-born Austrian film producer of Bohemian (Czech) descent
Sasha Kolpakov | Sasha | Kolpakov | 1943– | Russian musician
Sascha Konietzko | Sascha | Konietzko | 1961– | German musician, founder/frontman of Industrial band KMFDM
Saša Kovačević (footballer) | Saša | Kovačević | 1973– | Serbian international footballer
Sasha Kropotkin | Sasha | Kropotkin | 1887–1966 | Russian-American émigré and writer
Sasha Lane | Sasha | Lane | 1995– | American actress
Sasha Lazard | Sasha | Lazard |  | American singer
Saša Lošić | Saša | Lošić | 1964– | Yugoslavian composer
Saša Lozar | Saša | Lozar | 1980– | Croatian pop singer of the former boy band Saša, Tin i Kedžo
Sasha Luss | Sasha | Luss | 1992– | Russian model and actress
Sasha Mäkilä | Sasha | Mäkilä | 1973– | Finnish conductor and musician
Saša Matić | Saša | Matić | 1978– | Bosnian Serb singer
Sacha McMeeking | Sacha | McMeeking | 1978/9– | New Zealand academic, lawyer and activist
Sasha Meneghel | Sasha | Meneghel | 1998– | Model, actress and volleyball player
Sasha Mitchell | Sasha | Mitchell | 1967– | American actor, famous for his role in the TV series Step By Step
Sasha Montenegro | Sasha | Montenegro | 1946– | Mexican actress
Sasha Obama | Sasha | Obama | 2001– | The younger daughter of U.S. President Barack Obama
Saša Obradović | Saša | Obradović | 1969– | Serbian basketball player
Sasha P | Sasha | P | 1983– | Nigerian musician (real name Anthonia Yetunde Alabi)
Saša Papac | Saša | Papac | 1980– | Bosnia and Herzegovina association footballer
Sacha Parkinson | Sacha | Parkinson | 1992– | English actress
Sasha Pavlović | Sasha | Pavlović | 1983– | NBA basketball player
Saša Peršon | Saša | Peršon | 1965– | Croatian footballer
Saša Petričić | Saša | Petričić | 1963– | Serbian Canadian journalist
Sasha Pieterse | Sasha | Pieterse | 1996– | American actress
Sasha Pivovarova | Sasha | Pivovarova | 1985– | Russian model
Sascha Pohflepp | Sascha | Pohflepp | 1978–2019 | German artist and writer
Sascha Radetsky | Sascha | Radetsky | 1977– | American ballet dancer and actor
Saša Radivojević | Saša | Radivojević | 1979– | Serbian football goalkeeper
Saša Rakezić | Saša | Rakezić | 1963– | Serbian cartoonist
Saša Ranić | Saša | Ranić | 1981– | Slovenian footballer
Sascha Riether | Sascha | Riether | 1983– | German footballer
Sasha Roiz | Sasha | Roiz | 1973– | Canadian actor
Sacha Sacket | Sacha | Sacket | 1978– | Singer-songwriter from California
Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin | Alexander "Sasha" | Shulgin | 1925–2014 | American chemist
Sascha Scheleter | Sascha | Schleter | 1985– | German bobsledder
Saša Simonović | Saša | Simonović | 1975– | Serbian footballer
Sasha Skenderija | Sasha | Skenderija | 1968– | Bosnian-American poet
Sasha Sökol | Sasha | Sökol | 1970– | Mexican actress and singer
Saša Stamenković | Saša | Stamenković | 1985– | Serbian football goalkeeper
Sasha Tirupati | Sasha | Tirupati | 1989– | Indian-Canadian singer
Saša Todić | Saša | Todić | 1974– | Serbian football goalkeeper
Saša Toperić | Saša | Toperić | 1972– | Bosnian Israeli concert pianist
Sacha Alexandre Trudeau | "Sacha" Alexandre | Trudeau | 1973– | Canadian filmmaker and journalist, son of Pierre Trudeau
Sacha Visagie | Sacha | Visagie | – | Canadian singer and songwriter
Saša Vasiljević | Saša | Vasiljević | 1979– | Bosnian basketball player
Saša Viciknez | Saša | Viciknez | 1974– | Serbian footballer
Sasha Victorine | Sasha | Victorine | 1978– | American football player
Saša Vlaisavljević | Saša | Vlaisavljević | 1968– | Serbian engineer, business executive, and politician
Sasha Vujačić | Sasha | Vujačić | 1984– | Slovenian basketball player
Sasha Williams | Sasha | Williams | 1982– | Canadian actress
Saša Živec | Saša | Živec | 1991– | Slovenian footballer
Sascha Zverev | Alexander "Sascha" | Zverev | 1997– | German tennis player
Sasha Hakhu  | Sasha  | Hakhu  |  |

### Codenames, stage personas, and alter egos

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* 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

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

## Fictitious or mythical entities

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### Legend, myth, and religion

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

### Fictional animals and creatures

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* 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

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#### By surname

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* 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

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* 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, 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

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

## Similar names

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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
*   * 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

## See also

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* Satyana

## References

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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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