Baby name
STABLE
🇩🇪 🇦🇹 🇳🇱 Mascha
/MAH · shah/
Meaning
“Latin family name turned given name”
German and Dutch form of the Russian Masha, which is itself the diminutive of Maria; the -sch- spelling anchors it to German-speaking Europe.
Nicknames
masch
Vibe
strongwarm
How it ages.
Feels warmly exotic in Western Europe; short and easy across languages.
The cultural moment.
Modest but steady use in Germany and Austria since the 1970s.