Sasha

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Okay as a full name or only a nickname?

Do you think of it as a boys name, girls name or both?

Well, technically it's a boys' name but is used by girls too. And I do like it on its own. Not keen on Alexander though so probably sways my opinion on it as a stand alone name.

its a nice name, i know quite a few boy and girl sasha's so don't think it matters tbh

LOVE it, for a boy, spelled Sacha

i love the name!! i would use it for a girl but think it's nice for either.

prefer it with two s' rather than a c

my dd has this name but with the boys spelling

Technically she is Alexandra - known as Sacha

If we were having a boy, we'd be choosing Sacha. I love it. But, we're having a girl and cannot decide on a name! I want to 'save' Sacha for if we have a boy in the future.

I'd only thought of it as a girls name tbh, but think its lovely

prefer Saskia if I'm honest

i think it's a good short form for alexander. Sacha

I think that as barack obama's daughter is Sasha it might rise in popularity....

most people know that sacha with a c is a boy (i think)

I traditionally think of it as a girl name but now only know boys with it.

Boys name.
Here it is allowed as a "full name", but only for boys, I think.

I love it, as a full name.

I think of it as a boy's name.

I think of it as a girl's name.

i think of it as a girls name. love it.

It is indeed a diminutive of either Alexander or Alexandra - so it's a male or femaile nickname. My DPs name is Aleksandar and he is known as Sasa (no 'h' or 'c' with Eastern Euro spelling!) He loves it. And I've a good Latvian friend and it's her nickname too.

Boys name imo. I know a German Sascha - spelled like this. Traditionally a nickname for Alexander.

My nephew is Sasha, short for Alexander. I like it alot.

And I think Obama's daughter is Natasha.

Lovely name, for both sexes. My H really loves the name, but unfortunately he had already named the cat that before we had any kids, so that kind of put the kibosh on using it once they came along!

My dd is Natasha, but we often shorten it to Sasha. We couldn't decide which name we preferred (Natasha or Sasha) and so this compromise is a bit of a cop out really. Actually it's a bit odd - it's like she's got two names.

Boy's name. Do not like it as a girl's name. Lovely as a boy's name, short for Alexander.

Sasha is a diminutive for Alexander in Russia. In Anglophone world, the dimunitive for Alexander is Alex.

It's a Russian boy's name, in other words.

Sasha is a diminutive for Alexander in Russia. In Anglophone world, the dimunitive for Alexander is Alex.

It's a Russian boy's name, in other words.

Since when is Sasha a diminutive for Alexandra? Where?

In Latvia / Russia / Belarus it is most definately used as a diminutive for Alexandra too - we have them in the family!

We have two Sasas...male and female (an Aleksander & Aleksandra) a Kolya (Nikolai) and a Nata (Natasa) Not sure how i can prove it - don't have a reference other than the internet and having lived in Russia and a non-english very eastern European DP! I promise you it's very common.