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.

Sasha Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 621 on Nameberry

Sasha Popularity

• 621 Nameberry 2025

20 Names Similar to Sasha

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• Sacha
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• Mikhail
• Courtney
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• Sidney
• Aleksei
• Leone
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• Sandrine
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• Linden
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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"