Baby name
STABLE
🇩🇪 🇦🇹 🇷🇺 Sascha
/ZAH · shah/
Meaning
“Defender of men”
German and Russian diminutive of Alexander or Alexandra, from Greek Alexandros (defender of men); the German spelling with -sch- is used for both genders and has a cool, Slavic-inflected sound.
Nicknames
sash
Vibe
strongwarm
How it ages.
Feels cool and gender-fluid; aging well in German-speaking countries where gender-neutral names are normalising.
The cultural moment.
Consistently used in Germany and Austria from the 1970s onward; steady presence in German birth registries.