What do you think of when you hear Sasha?

[BlueberryMacaron]

I love the name Sasha and wondered what other people thought of it. Would you think a Sasha was a boy or a girl? Do you associate Sasha with anyone in particular?

A german shepherd dog.

Similar to Tara, I think, as both make cool names for either a boy or a girl.

I know an Alexander who is known as Sasha.

Distel

One of my favourite law professors was a man called Sasha. But I also worked with a very annoying female Sasha. I don't think I'd make any assumptions about the sex of the person based on the name.

Russian boy

@user1493494961

I know an Alexander who is known as Sasha.

Is that because it’s the Russian version of the name?

My nans smelly old dog. Sorry!

I think of a girl. A pretty name

I love the name Sasha! It was on the name list for my daughter.
But not unusual for boys either.

Sasha from Holby City but I do tend to view Sasha as a girl's name.

My uncle's beautiful Red Setter dog (girl)from when I was a kid. I do know an adult male Sasha, but always thought of it as a girl's name before I met him.

Makes me think of the kid in Enemy at the Gate 😥

I view it like Alex, a completely unisex name. But in my life I have known/been aware of more male Sashas, so that is probably my very first instinct.

@ThymePoultice yep it's grim. My post was sarcasm to another post who said it was chavvy

I had a friend who called her son Sasha as her parent's were of Russian descent, but we did warn her it is very much seen as a girl's name in the U.K.

Is that because it’s the Russian version of the name?

It’s the Russian diminutive. So in Russia it would be Alexander for formal and Sasha informally.

Same as Mikhail/Misha, Maria/Masha, Pavel/Pasha, Alexandra/Shura, Natalia/Natasha or Dimitri/Dima.

Brats dolls or Russian boys

[quote cheesychipsfan]@ThymePoultice yep it's grim. My post was sarcasm to another post who said it was chavvy [/quote]
Sorry it was actually the one with the c word I was objecting to. Confused myself after seeing yours.

I think of a girl I was friendly with at primary school - so fond memories of 1980s Dublin.

@Blueuggboots

I had a friend who called her son Sasha as her parent's were of Russian descent, but we did warn her it is very much seen as a girl's name in the U.K.

We really make ourselves look little englanders when we do that.

See also the video for Elton John’s “Nikita”. Nikita is always a male name but they cast it as a stunning female model, maybe partly for closet reasons, I dunno.

Sasha dolls

A beautiful German Shepherd.

I think Russia.

I think of Beyoncé’s alter ego Sasha Fierce. It’s a lovely name though!