Sasha (name)

Sasha is a name which originated among Slavic peoples from Eastern and Southern Europe[citation needed] as the shortened version of Alexander and Alexandra.

Alternative spellings include: Саша (Sasha – Belarusian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Ukrainian), Сашо (Sasho – Bulgarian), Саше (Sashe – Macedonian), Saša (Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Latvian, Lithuanian), Sasza (Polish), Sașa (Romanian), Sacha (French), Sascha (German), Sascia (Italian[1]), Sasja (Danish and Swedish) and סשה (Sasha – Hebrew).

This name is especially common in Europe, where it is used by both females and males as a diminutive of Alexandra and Alexander, respectively.

Exceptions are Croatia, Germany, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Switzerland.

[citation needed] In Italy or in French-speaking regions (Belgium, France,[2] and Quebec[3]), Sacha is more often given to males.