Masha

Mascha (also Masha ) ( Russian Маша) is a female given name .

Origin and meaning

In Russian, Mascha is the belittling short form of Maria .

Name bearers

Masha

• Mascha Corman (* 1988), German jazz singer and composer
• Mascha Dabić (* 1981 in Sarajevo), author, translator and interpreter who writes in German
• Mascha Gohlke (* 1976), German actress
• Mascha Gonska (* 1952), former Polish-German film actress
• Mascha Kaléko (1907–1975), German poet
• Mascha Müller (* 1984), German film and theater actress and director
• Mascha Rabben (* 1949), German actress
• Mascha Rolnikaitė (1927–2016), Lithuanian author and Holocaust survivor
• Mascha Santschi Kallay (* 1980), Swiss lawyer
• Elke Mascha Blankenburg (1943–2013), German church musician

Masha

• Masha Bijlsma (* 1971), Dutch jazz singer
• Masha Dimitrieva (* 1966), Russian-born German pianist
• Masha Gessen (* 1967), Russian writer
• Masha Qrella (* 1975), German singer and songwriter
• Masha Shubina (* 1979), Ukrainian artist

family name

• Stefan Mascha (* 1932), Austrian racing cyclist

Animals

• Masha (brown bear) is the mascot and heraldic animal of the Russian city of Yaroslavl

cartoon

• Masha and the Bear , Russian cartoon series

Web links

Wiktionary: Mascha  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations