Given name · Bulgarian · Russian · Serbo-Croatian · rsk
Саша
“helper and defender of mankind”
Саша (Saša) is a feminine given name from Serbo-Croatian, ultimately from Russian. It is used in Russian, Pannonian Rusyn, and Serbo-Croatian.
Bulgarian and Russian and Serbo-Croatian and rskWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Sasha.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Саша is Saša written in Cyrillic. Saša has a related form in Alexandra. In Greek use, Alexandra carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Саша comes from Serbo-Croatian, and ultimately from Russian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Саша is a diminutive of Александар. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Саша is a diminutive of Александра.
Саша’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Саша is a diminutive of Александар. In Russian usage, Саша has a conventional equivalent in the German form Alex. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Саша has a conventional equivalent in the English form Sasha.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Саша has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Russian roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Александрfull form · Russian
- Шурикdiminutive · Russian, Ukrainian
- Шураdiminutive · Russian
- Сашо́кdiminutive · Russian
- Са́шенькаdiminutive · Russian
- Са́шкаdiminutive · Russian
- Сашоvariant · rsk
- Александраfull form · Serbo-Croatian, Russian
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Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- AlexGerman
- Xanderequivalent
- Sashaequivalent · English
- Sachaequivalent
- SaschaGerman
- OlekPolish
- Sašoequivalent
- Saszaequivalent
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See also 10
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Шурочкаalso known as · Russian
- Сашенькаalso known as · Russian
- Сашуняalso known as · Russian
- Сашуляalso known as · Russian
- Сашкаalso known as · Russian
- Санечкаalso known as · Russian
- Саняalso known as · Russian
- Шу́раalso known as · Russian
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People named Саша
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