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Girl's name Pasha

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Kwini · 07/04/2009 10:49

Not as in Passover (the root of the Russian boy's name) - I'm thinking of a Hindi derivation. Thoughts?

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rolandbrowning · 07/04/2009 10:59

Isn't it the name of a club in Ibiza?

LaDiDaDi · 07/04/2009 11:00

All it makes me think of is a goth clothing shop and a nightclub but if I didn't have those associations I would like it iyswim. I think if I got used to it as a name then I'd like it.

MumOfBaby · 07/04/2009 12:34

Pasha is a really girly clothes designer- little peach tops and stuff. Not really a name.

pginthecloset · 07/04/2009 12:37

makes me think of nightclub too

PuppyMonkey · 07/04/2009 12:38

Oh, Oh!!! I was on a day out with the family yesterday and heard a posh mum calling her flowery little girl over: "Pasha, Pasha!" I thought I must post on MN, but you beat me to it.

Sounded Poncy when she said it, tbh.

Leannabanana · 07/04/2009 13:47

i had some very mental nights out at pasha in london and WOULD NOT like to name my beautiful baby girl after it....how about Mischa? sams sort of sound but prettier imo. Or Sasha?

pranma · 07/04/2009 17:46

They were really nasty strong cigarettes in the 40s and 50s

ScottishThistle · 10/04/2009 13:42

Ibiza and cherries spring to mind! No, don't like it as a name.

TsarChasm · 10/04/2009 13:45

Nightclub.

And I'm over 40 and knew that too!

suwoo · 10/04/2009 13:45

It made me wrinkle my nose up when I read the thread title, so no I don't think that I like it. Well that's what my subconscious told me.

stleger · 10/04/2009 13:48

A lady in our local very posh family is called Pasha. She told me about her doves once.

MIAeatingeggs · 10/04/2009 13:54

Nightclub in Ibiza springs to my mind too.
Sorry.

artichokes · 10/04/2009 13:59

In Neighbours on the 80s/90s the teen characters (Scott, Charlene et al) called snogging pashing. So I think of that and the club.

Sasha is lovely.

Anifrangapani · 10/04/2009 14:03

Pashing is indeed snogging in Oz.... as she remembers her childhood.

AitchTwoOh · 10/04/2009 14:11

ddidn't they have live sex shows at pasha?

TabithaTwitchet · 10/04/2009 20:52

I like it a lot. But to me it is more of a boy's name; I know several (Russian) male Pasha's

pinkmagic1 · 10/04/2009 20:57

Always thought it was a boys name of Turkish origin, nice though.

Marla1980 · 10/04/2009 22:33

I know a woman called Pasha, she is about 30ish. I always thought its a nice name, though uncommon.

SuziSeis · 10/04/2009 22:34

boys name imo

BabyBaby123 · 11/04/2009 11:06

Sasha is nicer

StripeyKnickersSpottySocks · 11/04/2009 11:26

Sasha or Tasha are much nicer. Don't like Pasha, sorry.

hoppybird · 11/04/2009 11:28

I see Pasha as a boy's name too (Russian diminutive of Pavel, ie Paul, nothing to do with Passover - I guess you're thinking of Pascha, pronounced with an 'H', not a 'sh').

I was interested in your Hindi meaning, but all I could find was this

If you're interested in Indian names, though, Behind the Name is a good place to look.

notsoteenagemum · 11/04/2009 11:36

I thought nightclub/cherries/Ibiza/'avin it large, even though it's spelt differently I think.
Or a nickname for a Pashmina.
Sorry I know two lovely Sasha's though one boy and one girl.

notsoteenagemum · 11/04/2009 11:36

or spelled perhaps.