Sasha
Sascha is both a male and a female given name . In German-speaking countries it is mainly used for men.
Origin and meaning
In Russian and other Slavic languages , Sascha ( Russian Саша) is a nickname of the Greek name Alexander or Alexandra . Today Sascha is an independent name in some countries (e.g. Germany ).
name day
In the Catholic Church, Sascha's name day is celebrated on the commemoration days for the name Alexander .
Name bearer
Male namesake
- Sascha Vollmer (* 1971), German musician, producer, author
- Sascha Diemer (* 1976), German snooker player
- Sascha Dum (* 1986), German soccer player
- Sascha Grammel (* 1974), German ventriloquist, comedian and puppeteer
- Sascha Hehn (* 1954), German actor
- Sascha Lobo (* 1975), German blogger, book author, journalist and copywriter
- Sascha Pfattheicher (* 1997), German handball player
In Germany, Sascha was among the top 30 male first names in the 1970s and 80s, and in the 90s still among the first 70 male first names, but then his popularity declined.
Sascha is an unofficial short name for the Austrian Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen .
Female namesake
- Sascha Karolin Aulepp (* 1970), German politician (SPD)
- Sascha Gura (1896 – unknown), German actress
- Sascha Ley (* 1967), German-Luxembourgish actress
- Sascha Piwowarowa (* 1985), Russian model (fashion industry)
- Sascha Laura Soydan (* 1972), German-Turkish actress
Other meanings
- The Sascha film industry was Austria's largest film production company from around 1920 until it was dissolved by the National Socialists in 1938
- Sascha ... an upright German , a song by the band Die Toten Hosen
- Sascha (film) , a German film (2010) by Dennis Todorović
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ On the Internet under top names of the decades at www.beliebte-vornamen.de
Wiktionary: Sascha - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations