Given name
Zosha
“a defender of the people”
Zosha is a variant of Zasha. One Russian interpretation is “a defender of the people.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zosha is a variant of Zasha. One Russian interpretation is “a defender of the people.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Zosha connects to the Sasha name family through Zasha. Sasha comes from Russian naming traditions associated with Alexander and Alexandra.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Zosha connects to the Sasha name family through Zasha. The shared background comes through Sasha: Russian developed Sasha as a pet form shared by Alexander and Alexandra. Sasha later gained independent use in English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2015. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Zosha connects to the Sasha name family through Zasha. The history of Sasha gives this family its wider story. Sasha has been used as a familiar form in Russian and as an independent given name in English.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Zosha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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