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Sasha

name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Russian or Ukrainian.
  2. 2
    A diminutive of the female given name Natasha.

    "The engagement is announced between Seth, son of Mrs Renate Forsyth, of Jacobstow, Cornwall, and the late Mr Neil Gale, of Wimbledon, London, and Natasha (Sasha), daughter of Mr and Mrs Francis Hussey, of Pease Pottage, West Sussex, formerly of Hereford."

  3. 3
    A female given name from Russian or Ukrainian.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

From the ending of Natasha, but likely influenced by the Slavic diminutive form of Alexandra.

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