Sasha eating potato

On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. For the Central Asian people, see Saka. Sasha eating potato the Siberian people, see Yakuts. Sasha is a unisex name which originated in Eastern and Southern European countries as the shortened version of Alexander and Alexandra.

It is also used as a surname, although very rarely. This name is especially common in Europe, where it is used by both females and males as a diminutive of Alexandra and Alexander, respectively. Despite its popularity in informal usage, the name is rarely recorded on birth certificates in countries such as the Czech Republic, Russia, Slovakia, and Ukraine, as it is considered a diminutive, not a formal name. Sacha is almost exclusively given to males.

In the United States the name is almost exclusively used for girls and ranked number 569 among U. Sasha, a character from the movie, Help! This page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.