Sasha
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Russian or Ukrainian. Borrowed from the Slavic diminutive form of Alexander and Alexandra; in English mostly from Russian Са́ша (Sáša), a diminutive form for both Алекса́ндр m (Aleksándr, “Alexander”) and Алекса́ндра f (Aleksándra, “Alexandra”).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Sasha (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Sasha has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2021. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | – | – |
| 1999 | – | – |
| 2000 | – | – |
| 2001 | – | – |
| 2002 | – | – |
| 2003 | – | – |
| 2004 | 2 | – |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | – | 3 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 10 | 4 |
| 2010 | 6 | 6 |
| 2011 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 7 | 4 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 |
| 2014 | 3 | 6 |
| 2015 | 6 | 5 |
| 2016 | 8 | 8 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4 |
| 2018 | 6 | 2 |
| 2019 | 6 | 5 |
| 2020 | 9 | 7 |
| 2021 | 8 | 14 |
| 2022 | 7 | 9 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 41 | 51 |
| 2000 | 39 | 58 |
| 2001 | 43 | 61 |
| 2002 | 48 | 69 |
| 2003 | 51 | 77 |
| 2004 | 56 | 84 |
| 2005 | 54 | 87 |
| 2006 | 57 | 91 |
| 2007 | 59 | 101 |
| 2008 | 64 | 102 |
| 2009 | 78 | 105 |
| 2010 | 89 | 116 |
| 2011 | 92 | 119 |
| 2012 | 103 | 125 |
| 2013 | 111 | 131 |
| 2014 | 109 | 138 |
| 2015 | 122 | 138 |
| 2016 | 139 | 148 |
| 2017 | 147 | 161 |
| 2018 | 157 | 165 |
| 2019 | 168 | 177 |
| 2020 | 185 | 187 |
Sasha in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Sasha.Hi! My name is Sasha.
- Vet du om Sasha kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Sasha is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Sasha har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Sasha has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Sashas mamma är lärare.Sasha's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Sashas mamma is Sasha's mum.
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How do you pronounce Sasha in Swedish?
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What does the name Sasha mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Russian or Ukrainian. Borrowed from the Slavic diminutive form of Alexander and Alexandra; in English mostly from Russian Са́ша (Sáša), a diminutive form for both Алекса́ндр m (Aleksándr, “Alexander”) and Алекса́ндра f (Aleksándra, “Alexandra”).
How popular is Sasha in Sweden?
16 babies were named Sasha in 2022. In 2020, 372 people in Sweden had Sasha as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2021 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.