Sasha

Russian diminutive of Alexander
"defending men"

Sasha Origin and Meaning

The name Sasha is a boy's name of Russian origin meaning "defending men".

The energetic Russian nickname name Sasha is being used increasingly on its own, though since the prominence of the First Daughter, more than 90% of the American babies named Sasha are girls. Sacha Baron Cohen bears one of the alternate spellings.

# 622 on Nameberry

Sasha Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Sasha Popularity

Famous People Named Sasha

  • Sasha Chorny (born Alexander Mikhailovich Glickberg)
    Russian poet and satirist
  • Alexander Vladimirovich "Sasha" Artemev
    American gymnast
  • Alexander "Sasha" Argov
    Israeli composer
  • Alexander Olegovich "Sasha" Kaun
    Russian basketball player
  • Aleksandar "Sasha" Pavlović
    Montenegrin basketball player
  • Sasha (born Alexander Paul Coe)
    Welsh DJ and record producer.
  • Sasha Caleb Victorine
    American soccer player
  • Sasha Farber
    Russian,Australian dancer
  • Sasha Mitchell
    American actor
  • Sasha Roiz
    Israeli,Canadian actor
  • Sasha Skenderija
    Bosnian,American poet
  • Aleksandar "Sasha" Vujačić
    Slovenian basketball player
  • Sasha Gabor
    Hungarian,Norwegian actor
  • Aleksandr "Sasha" Kolpakov
    Russian musician
  • Sasha Issenberg
    American journalist and author
  • Sasha Hemsworth (b. 2014)
    son of actor Chris Hemsworth; twin of brother Tristan
  • Sasha Blue Pownall (b. 2014)
    son of actress Gabriella Wilde and musician Alan Pownall
  • Sasha Pique Mebarak (b. 2015)
    son of Shakira and footballer Gerard Pique

Sasha in Pop Culture

  • Sasha
    character in 2013 movie "Phantom"
  • Sasha Belov
    character in movie "Make It Or Break It"
  • Sasha Nein
    character in video game "Psychonauts"
  • Sasha Barbicon
    character in video game "Titanic: Adventure Out of Time"
  • Sasha Thompson
    character in the CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore
  • Sasha
    character in video game "Advance Wars: Dual Strike"
  • Sasha
    character in movie "2012"
  • Sasha
    bird in Disney's "Peter and the Wolf"
  • Sasha
    character in animated series "As Told by Ginger"
  • Sasha
    character in John le Carré's "Absolute Friends"
  • Alexander "Sasha" Nikolaevich Hell
    character in manga/anime "The Qwaser of Stigmata"
  • Captain Sasha
    character in the Ratchet & Clank video game series
  • Sasha Roy
    character on Disney's Backstage
  • Sasha
    character in "Falling"