Usage
This name is especially common in Europe, where it is used by both females and males as a diminutive of Alexandra and Alexander, respectively. Despite its popularity in informal usage, the name is rarely recorded on birth certificates in countries such as the Czech Republic, Russia, Slovakia, and Ukraine, as it is considered a diminutive, not a formal name. Exceptions are Croatia, Germany, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro,Notable people bearing this name
Codenames, stage personas, alter egos
* Sasha (espionage), an alleged Soviet mole in the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency during the Cold War *Animals
* Sasha (dog) (2004–2008), a Labrador Retriever, Labrador dog that served in the British Army * ''Galianora sacha'' (''G. sacha''), Ecuadorian jumping spiderFictitious or mythical entities
Legend, myth, and religion
* Sasha and Zamani, spirits, two stages of time in Central and Eastern African culturesFictional animals and creatures
* Sasha, a character from the movie,'' Help! I'm a Fish'' * Sasha, bird character from Walt Disney's Peter and the Wolf (1946 film), ''Peter and the Wolf'' (1946 film) * Sasha, cat from the book series ''Warriors (novel series), Warriors'' by Erin Hunter * Sacha, desman (water mole) in the animated television program ''Noah's Island'' * Sasha La Fleur, a character from the movie ''All Dogs Go to Heaven 2'', the television series ''All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series,'' and ''An All Dogs Christmas Carol'' * Sasha (Vampire), a List of Twilight characters, character from the Twilight book and film series * Sasha, female character from the Bratz franchise * Sasha Braus, female character from the Attack on Titan seriesFictional people
By surname
* Sasha Antonov, a character from the 2014 Canadian television series ''Bitten (TV series), Bitten'' * Sasha Barbicon, the owner of an art gallery from the game ''Titanic: Adventure Out of Time'' * Sasha Belov, character from the TV show ''Make It or Break It'' * Sasha Bezmel, character from the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'' * Sash Bishop, character from the Irish soap opera ''Fair City'' * Sasha Bordeaux, DC Comics character, former ally of Batman * Sasha Braus, character from the anime/manga series Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) * Saša Bůčková, character from Czech sitcom ''Comeback (TV series), Comeback'' * Sasha Dixon, character in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Alexander "Sasha" Nikolaevich Hell, the protagonist of ''The Qwaser of Stigmata'' * Sasha James, a character from the horror podcast "The Magnus Archives" * Sascha König, character from the television drama ''Inspector Rex, episode 8x13'' * Sasha Kreutzev, character from the anime/novel series A Certain Magical Index (Toaru Majutsu no Index) * Sacha Levy, AAU Registrar in the British medical drama series ''Holby City'' * Sasha Nein, powerful Psychonaut and instructor from the game ''Psychonauts'' * Sasha Perkins, character in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Sascha Petrosevitch, character from the 2002 film ''Half Past Dead'' * Sasha Thompson, leader of the Mad Dogs and a target in CHERUB book ''Mad Dogs (novel), Mad Dogs'' * Sasha Valentine, character in the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' * Sasha Waybright, from the American animated series ''Amphibia (TV series), Amphibia'' * Sasha Williams (The Walking Dead), Sasha Williams (''The Walking Dead''), Tyreese's sharpshooter sister on ''The Walking Dead'' TV seriesSurnameless people
* Sasha, Russian pilot in the 2009 movie 2012 (film), ''2012'' (film) * Sasha, Ted Mundy's absolute friend in John le Carré's espionage novel ''Absolute Friends'' (2003) * Sasha, commanding officer from the game ''Advance Wars: Dual Strike'' * Sasha, romantic love interest of Ginger in Nickelodeon's ''As Told by Ginger'' * Sascha, a reaper in the manga'' Black Butler'' by Yana Toboso * Sasha, character from the ''Bratz'' line of fashion dolls, see List of Bratz characters * Sascha, the Russian bartender at Rick's Café Américain, played by Leonid Kinskey in ''Casablanca (film), Casablanca'' (1942) * Sasha, the enigmatic female hacker from the film ''Cube 2: Hypercube'' (2003) * Sasha, the leader of The Reapers gang in Infamous (video game), ''Infamous'' (video game) * Sasha, the character from the film ''The Last Station'' (2009) * Sasha, the Muscovite princess in the novel ''Orlando: A Biography'' by Virginia Woolf * Sasha, the character from the Japanese manga ''Pita-Ten'' * Sasha, the reincarnation of Athena in the manga ''Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas'' * Sasha, character from Adult Swim's ''Titan Maximum'' * Captain Sasha from the Ratchet & Clank series * Sweet Sasha, a doll from ''Ty Girlz'' * Sasha, a rabbit villager in the video game ''Animal Crossing: New Horizons''Inanimate objects
* Sasha is the name Heavy gives to his minigun in the game ''Team Fortress 2''Similar names
Similar names in various languages include:See also
* SatyanaReferences
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