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Worldwide, ماشا (Masha , ماشا , Masja ) is a common gender-neutral first name. The first name ماشا is characteristic of Israel, where it is quite a common girly name, Tanzania, where it is quite a rare dominantly female, but infrequently male name, and Moldova, where it is quite a rare female name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Tanzania, India, and Israel. Also, ماشا is the last name as well as the forename.
ماشا is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Masha , the character from "Masha and the Bear"; Masha , the character from Tokyo Mew Mew and Masha , the operatic character in the opera The Queen of Spades by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.