Jascha (first name)
Jascha is a male name . It is also available as a short form for Jadwiga as a female first name. Yasha means Yahweh may protect .
Origin and meaning
The name Jascha is very common especially in Russia , Belarus and Ukraine .
He is a Slavic , especially Russian , pet form (Яша) of Jakov ; with the typical Slavic suffix -scha . Other spellings: Jaša, Jasza, Yasha, Iaşa, Yacha .
Not to be confused with the Iranian and Turkic name Jaschar ( Yashar , Yaşar ).
name day
No name day is assigned to the name Jascha .
Well-known namesake
- Jascha Baum (* 1998), German actor and musician
- Jascha Brodsky (1907–1997), violin teacher
- Jascha Heifetz (1901–1987), American violinist
- Jascha Horenstein (1898–1973), Ukrainian-Jewish conductor
- Jascha Nemtsov (* 1963), pianist and musicologist of Russian-Jewish origin
- Jascha Repp (* 1972), German physicist
- Jascha Rust (* 1990), German actor
- Jascha Washington (* 1989), American actor and singer