Given name · Russian · Ukrainian
Маша
“beloved”
Маша (Máša) is a feminine given name. It is used in Russian and Ukrainian.
Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Masha.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Маша possibly goes back to a word meaning “beloved.”
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Where it comes from
Маша is Máša written in Cyrillic. Máša comes from Russian.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Russian usage, Маша is a diminutive of Мария.
Маша’s family of names
In Russian usage, Маша has a diminutive in Ма́шенька. In Belarusian usage, Маша has a conventional equivalent in the French form Masha. In Russian usage, Маша has a conventional equivalent in the German form MASCHA.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Маша has relatives in 7 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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