We've just had a darling baby boy, whom we have named Alexander Francis Paul. We love his names and they suit him, but Alexander seems a bit much for an every day name for a baby. He also doesn't much look like an Alex at the moment, though he might one day.
We've been thinking of calling him Sasha for short, as the Russians do (my BIL is Russian), and it really suits him (plus being slightly glamorous in a baby-of-mystery way ) However, I've been wondering how many people in the UK think that Sasha is a girl's name.
Given that he will have the pick of multiple nicknames as well as his full name to choose from when he goes to school (so can avoid the teasing problem), can we get away with calling a baby boy Sasha?