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

[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.