# Sasha

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #12,135

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Russian or Ukrainian.
2. A female given name from Russian or Ukrainian.

## Etymology
Borrowed from the Slavic diminutive form of Alexander and Alexandra; in English mostly from Russian Са́ша (Sáša), a diminutive form for both Алекса́ндр m (Aleksándr, “Alexander”) and Алекса́ндра f (Aleksándra, “Alexandra”).

## Easily confused with
- **sha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sasha-vs-sha)
- **ssh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sasha-vs-ssh)
- **SSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sasha-vs-ssa)
- **SATA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sasha-vs-sata)
- **sass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sasha-vs-sass)
- **Sosa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sasha-vs-sosa)
- **saya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sasha-vs-saya)
- **smash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sasha-vs-smash)
- **sushi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sasha-vs-sushi)
- **slash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sasha-vs-slash)
- **stash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sasha-vs-stash)
- **sauna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sasha-vs-sauna)
- **sassy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sasha-vs-sassy)
- **Sinha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sasha-vs-sinha)
- **Satya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sasha-vs-satya)
- **Shasta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sasha-vs-shasta)
- **Shashi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sasha-vs-shashi)
- **SAS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sas-vs-sasha)
- **Sara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sara-vs-sasha)
- **saga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saga-vs-sasha)

## Common misspellings (7)
`assha`, `sahsa`, `sasah`, `sashha`, `sassha`, `ssaha`, `ssasha`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sasha