Sasha .....BOY or GIRL ????

[Fuzzywuzzy]

[QUOTE=Arimeh;1933344]I see it as both - and also a cats name for some reason.
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Haha, I also see it as a cat and dog name. In saying that,I know more boy sasha's than girls and my DP is Russian so our DD (Alexandra) gets called Sasha by his side of the family

[Nai]

I also know equal numbers of boys and girls called Sasha. Sasha for a boy is generally Eastern European and (as PPs have said) for some reason they tend to be good looking But it is still lovely for a girl.

[rufalina]

I had a friend called Susha (girl)... I like that little variation...

[The[cookie]Doctor]

I went to school with a Sasha - boy.

And uni with Sascha - girl. She had a brother named Tegan. Most people thought this was a bit weird as the had the opposite sex' names. I quite like both!

I would add the C in for a girl. And I prefer it as a girls name.

[saslia]

I went to school with a Sasha - boy.

And uni with Sascha - girl. She had a brother named Tegan. Most people thought this was a bit weird as the had the opposite sex' names. I quite like both!

I would add the C in for a girl. And I prefer it as a girls name.

DD is Sascha so I love it
It is different and not very common without being weird IYKWIM.

[Taurean]

I went to school with a boy named Sasha but my friends female dog was called Sasha too so I think it suits either sex!

[Lukesmum]

Thanks for all your replies. I really don't know what to do now. What spelling would you have for a girl?

Sasha
Sacha
Sascha

[sneakysparkle]

For a girl - without the C

[Roryrory]

On the spelling I would do a straw poll of 10 friends/random people and ask them how they would spell it, then go with the most common. JMO but everyone is going to have a preference and as it is an Anglicised version of a Cyrillic name there is no "right" way to spell it, so you might as well go with the version that causes your child the least grief...

[smiles4u]

Yeh Mel & Nai ... Gorgeous blue eye's like the ocean & the golden blonde hair was devine & yes beautiful skin Mel ... Yeh, was spelt Sasha ... but for a boy i do prefer with the added ' c ' ... I think spelt Sasha looks more like it's a girl's name (IYKWIM)

[The[cookie]Doctor]

I think the C is more feminine but obviously lots of people have different views!

I also think it depends whether you are pronouncing it as Sar-sha or Sas-sha.

[Bea06]

I love the name Sasha! I think girl, my dh wouldn't let me use it as he says he knew a dog called that. There is a boy at my little one's creche who is Sasha.

I love it either way, girl, boy or puppy!

[Daydream Believer]

Boy & girls name

[JellyBean]

My DH has a female cousin named Sasha - so I think of it as a girls name. I think that spelling (Sasha) is the most straight-forward for a child to spell and pronounce. It's a pretty name.

[NaeNae]

I knew a guy named Sasha and a girl as well but she pronounced it as Sarsha but spelt it the other way.
That was what my dad wanted to call me but it reminded mum of a dog she knew

So it guess for me it goes either way.

[CrystalBoo]

I'm a Sacha.

I have always been told it's a greek girl's name with a 'c', and a russian boy's name with an 's'. Having both the 'c' and the 's' has always seemed a little OTT to me personally.

I have had a million comments when meeting people of 'oh, so-and-so has a dog called that' - it never bothered me. I like dogs.

My friends are very quick to correct people who pronounce it 'sarsha' because they say it sounds to posh for me lol. I don't mind, it just indicates that it's not someone who knows me well.

[Lukesmum]

Thanks everyone so much. Our boys were so easy to choose names for compared to this little girl. So maybe we need to change the s to a c.

Thanks Sacha for replying. It's great to get a perspective from someone who is actullay called Sacha. The dog thing doesn't really worry me. I hope it won't worry our little girl either.

I will talk to DH when he gets home about the s and c change.

There is a Bratz doll called Sasha. I looked that up last night. At least it made me feel better about using the name for a girl. There are also a few models (not all porn) named Sasha.

[chickenlittle]

I think of it as a girls' name, even though it is used for both. I think the girls version is more widely used.