Girl's name Pasha

[Kwini]

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

pash = snog

It would be like calling her The Kissing Queen

or, heaven forbid, a sl*t.

Think Sasha much nicer,albeit less unusual

Pasha is a man's title.

And Sasha is a boy's name, Russian shortening of Alexander.

Sacha is the boys name although i prefer to use that spelling for a girl wink

Yes it is used for shortening of Alexandra and Alexander

no. for all the reasons stated by others on this thread, it doesnt sound good to me.

To spare your daughter years of ridicule I had to say this: I think it's a horrible name! It also, as many have said, makes me think of the sleezy club in Ibiza. I prefer the classic names like Elsie. Mischa is nice as someone else has suggested.

Pasha is a night club.

What about Asha? I know one of those. I think it means something nice too but can't remember what.

It means "hope" in Hindi, by the way (Asha).

SK1980 - to my ear, Mischa is definitely the Russian boy's name (short for Mikhail) - he used to feature quite a lot in my Russian class! However, I did know a lady whose daughter's name was Maneesha, and she would shorten it to Misha.

I like Asha.

Yes, Asha is nice. Rest of family weren't sure at first as we are not Hindus or anything like that, we've all got boring old English names in our family, so Asha seemed a bit too exotic. But it suits her and would be hard to think of her with any other name!

hoppybird you seen like an intelligent woman - Asha is far and away better than Pasha, but I must admit I'm not overly keen on these kinds of names. I just always think what if they want to go to Cambridge University or want to be a politician - who would take them seriously with names like these? My neighbour called her son Charlie - I tried to convince her to officially call him Charles to give him that fexibility, but she didn't. Just my first thoughts and impressions.

SK1980 - ha. lol - I like hanging around the names thread as names have always interested me, I don't need to name any children. But if I see something I know a little about (my background is E European) I always itch to make a comment. Just my own opinions and how things sound to me, being bi-lingual.

When naming our own children, I tried carefully to be as 'international' as possible, so that the name would sound good in other cultures(you never know where your children will live) and to make sure my mother could say the names without them sounding wrong.

Hmm. I would find a politician called Asha acceptable, and universities tend to take people based on ability.

Oh absolutely, they do take you on based on ability but then when you get out in the real world first impressions do count for a lot. In my job I have to get professors and industry professionals to try and take me seriously. Hard when you're young as it is, but then if I had a dreadful name like Pasha I'm sure that wouldn't help me much! I love hanging round here too. It's fascinating what name ideas people have and how trends change. :-)