Sasha

plural Sashas

1. A male given name from Russian or Ukrainian.
2. A female given name from Russian or Ukrainian.

1. A diminutive of the female given name Natasha.

   His sister, Natasha “Sasha” Carter was a confidential informant to Cruz’s best friend, Narcotics Detective Matt Yablonski.

   2024, TG Wolff [Tina Wolff], chapter 1, in Playing Dead (The De La Cruz Case Files; 4), Lutz, Fla.: Down & Out Books, →ISBN

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   The engagement is announced between Seth, son of Mrs Renate Forsyth, of Jacobstow, Cornwall, and the late Mr Neil Gale, of Wimbledon, London, and Natasha (Sasha), daughter of Mr and Mrs Francis Hussey, of Pease Pottage, West Sussex, formerly of Hereford.

   2007 September 1, “Mr S. Forsyth and Miss N. Hussey”, in The Daily Telegraph, number 47,352, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, “Forthcoming marriages” section, page 28, column 2

   In one bus was none other than Sen. Barack Obama, candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, his wife, Michelle, and two daughters, Malia, 9, and Natasha “Sasha”, 7.

   2008 May 5, Emily West, “Obama visits Kempton home of his forefathers”, in Tipton County Tribune, volume 118, number 107, Tipton, Ind., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 2

   Natasha “Sasha” Fisher Ninete of Sinajana was named to the College of Letters and Science Dean’s List for the Spring 2019 semester at University Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

   2019 September 4, “Island Style”, in Pacific Daily News, volume 51, number 215, Hagåtña, Guam: Guam Publications, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 24

   I missed my father whenever he left, and years later, when I was writing guest columns for the Detroit Free Press and in my early days of parenting, I imagined how his frequent departures might have impacted my own relationship with my two children, Natasha (Sasha) and Noah.

   2021, Harvey Ovshinsky, “Shouts and Whispers”, in Scratching the Surface: Adventures in Storytelling, Detroit, Mich.: Painted Turtle, →ISBN, part 1 (My First Childhood)