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I like Sasha as a nickname, I prefer it for a boy but am used to it on a girl since one of my neices is called Sascha

I like Sascha for a boy--without the C, it doesn't seem like it has much backbone. I know a boy in middle school named Sasha, and I don't think he's had many problems with it.

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That said, Sascha does sound too nicknamey to stand on its own. Russian nicknames often seem more nicknamey than any others (to my ears), I've found, and so I would prefer Alexander nicknamed Sascha.

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Array

I think it's nice. I really like Alexander nn Sasha.

I like all three forms of Sasha, according to heritage: Sasha (Russian), Sascha (German), and Sacha (French).

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I think Sasha (in any form) can stand on its own or as a full given name. The latter is one of my rare exceptions of nns being given as full names, but Sasha doesn't sound very nny at all to my English ears.

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As a full name, I prefer Sasha for a boy (though I don't see red when it's used on a girl). As a nn for Alexander or Alexandra, I don't mind it on either sex. But for your area, perhaps it'd be safer to use Alexander, nn Sasha, rather than Sasha alone.

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Miranda

I really like it. The first time I heard it, it did strike me as feminine, but I figured it had some masculine history. I think going with Alexander, nn Sasha is the best way, because 1) It gives him something to "fall back on" in case he doesn't like Sasha, or is teased because of it (especially since Alexander has a lot of nicknames, and the full version itself); and 2) Like you, I prefer formal names over nicknames as full titles.

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(Oh, and my nine-year-old brother would like to say that he thinks Sasha on a boy is good, too. :) )

I adore Sasha on a boy, i prefer it just by itself. My mother was thinking about calling my brother Christian, Sasha for boy or girl!

Sasha isn't very common around here at all. I prefer Sasha on a boy as a nn for Alexander.

I don't care for the name for a boy or a girl, but I only like it for a girl. I think it's too feminine for a boy.

This message was edited 1/10/2005, 5:49 PM

DH's maternal grandparents were Russian, and he loves this name, in part because it would be a way to pay tribute to them. He also prefers to use Sasha on its own without Alexander as a full name.

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I also love the name on a boy - its intelligent and exotic sounding to me. BUT, I would worry a lot about giving it to a little boy because it is so predominantly used as a girl's name in this country. The boy could be in for some serious teasing if he's a little geeky or wimpy.

I like Sasha on a boy. I don't really like Sh's in the middle of names, but Sasha is a beautiful name. I wouldn't use it as a nickname for Alexander, because that just doesn't make sense to me. Even though it does sound feminine, it sounds feminine in a good way, imo. On a girl, i think it sounds weak, but on a boy i think it doesn't sound weak because it does sound weak. That makes no sense, but im terrible at phrasing things.

I knew of a boy in Sweden named Sasha, but i can't recall if he spelled it like that or not. A friend of mine met him while on vacation. I don't know if I would use it because my brothers baseball coaches wife named her dog Sasha

I used to know the cutest little boy named Sasha.

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His full name was Alexander and his brother (both adopted) was also Alexander, but he went by Alex.

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I'm always more in favor of a formal name with a nickname, so I'd do Alexander, nn Sasha, though I'm not a big fan of Alexander.

Sasha is a great nick for Alexander, imo. It might be a little bit pretending-to-be-Russian in some places, but I think anyone could get away with it without being too precious. It'd be an affectionate sounding, informal nick -- not the sort he'd put on the cover of the novel he wrote.

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Using it as an independent name for a boy is do-able, too, I think... although he'd have to be prepared to explain to people who didn't know that the name comes from Alexander the way Jim comes from James. If you were determined to have him called Sasha, you'd pretty much have to skip the full name Alexander, because it's not unlikely that the boy would not introduce himself as Sasha (because of insecurity related to the girlname).

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- chazda

I've known several boys named Sasha, so I don't think there's anything strange about it.

I just love Sasha, equally on both genders. For a girl I would give the formal name Alexandria, for a boy I'd give the formal name Alexander.
This means that although I like Sasha equally on a boy or a girl, I lean towards it more for a girl (because I prefer Alexandria to Alexander - it's more interesting).
When it comes to gender issues, I don't think its being a nn versus a full fn would make that much difference (except it'd be easier for him to go by something else if he didn't like Sasha).

I love Sasha for a boy, but *only* is his name is really Alexander.

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DH :-)

Im not sure but I think that Sasha was originally a boys name, with the spelling Sacha. I know a few boys with this name, mostly european. I like it, its interesting.

I only know one Sasha, a girl, and she was a little witch. I think it would be cute for a boy, I would never use it for a girl. I like Sasha as a full name, I dont know where Sasha comes from Alexander, but I dont like Alexander, or any Alex names...too popular, and Alex will be the nn everyone thinks of.

Love it

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My boyfriend's sister-in-law is French and her nephew's name is Sasha. He is a handsome blue-eyed blond and the name suits him perfectly. I love this name for a boy, but I equally like it for a girl, having grown up with a girl named Sasha.