Sascha is a ♀ girl name and a ♂ boy name. That makes Sascha one of the gender-neutral unisex names.
Sascha is a Russian and Slavic diminutive of the names Alexander or Alexandra.
Sascha means “defending men”, “defender of men”, “defender of the people” or “protector of men” (from ancient Greek “aléxein/ἀλέξειν” = to defend/protect + “anēr/ἀνήρ” = man).
Based on the frequency of positive ratings, we can analyze how popular names are in different countries. The name Sascha is currently ranked #1942 on the name leaderboard.
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| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
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| 🇦🇹 Austria | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | - | - | - | - | ✓ |
| 🇳🇱 Netherlands | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ |
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