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Baby name of the day: Sasha

October 4, 10:56 AMEarly Childhood Parenting ExaminerAngele Sionna
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The baby name of the day is... Sasha.

Sasha is a common nickname for the name Alexander or Alexandra, which means "man's defender" according to thinkbabynames.com. It can be a girl or boy name.

According to the SSA, Sasha was ranked #350 last year in America for baby girls. It has ranked in the top 1000 girl names since 1972. The highest Sasha has ever been on the baby name list in America was in 1988 when it ranked #147.

Sasha has been on the top of my personal baby name list for a girl ever since my husband and I began considering a third child.

Sasha is the nickname of Barack Obama's daughter.

Other famous people with this name: actor Sacha Baron Cohen and skater Sasha Coen.

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