Given name · also Russian
Yasha
In Russian use, Yasha is used as an affectionate form of YAKOv.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Yasha comes from Russian, and ultimately from Ukrainian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Russian use, Yasha is used as an affectionate form of YAKOv.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yasha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 276
- 58 boys · 218 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,870 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,870 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 549 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Yasha, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Daytona
23% boys · 77% girls
Sayre
Sayre is a surname.
28% boys · 72% girls
Wen
“one who is fairskinned” · “a beloved friend”
55% boys · 45% girls
Nijay
54% boys · 46% girls
Rily
“from the rye clearing”
20% boys · 80% girls
Koli
“bald”
62% boys · 38% girls
Bar
“foreign woman” · “a traveler from a foreign land; a stranger”
54% boys · 46% girls
Rilley
“from the small brook”
49% boys · 51% girls