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Sacha
Say it: sah-SHAH
Meaning
A Russian pet form of Alexander or Alexandra, from Greek alexein 'to defend' and anēr 'man'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used for both sexes in France since the 20th century.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1970s
In the United States
- 2,411 babies given this name since 1968
- At its height in 1977, about 1 in 14,900 girls
- 35 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Sasha
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Famous bearers
- Sacha Guitry, playwright
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.