Saša

given name · Latin script

Meaning: a diminutive of the male given name Aleksandar

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/s̪aʂa/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Saša is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Serbia it is the 26th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • RSSerbia≈1 in 252(inferred from the name graph)
  • HRCroatia1 in 519
  • BABosnia & Herzegovina≈1 in 787

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Saša itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

36,127 named Sasha, 2020

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
110 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 252 (inferred from the name graph)

Serbia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

SašaLatin(measured from records)
СашаCyrillic(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Sasa in US United States, CN China.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

a diminutive of the male given name Aleksandar

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Saša counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Saša is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—36,127as Sasha1 in 9.2K34KSasa105
RS Serbia#26≈28,000 est.≈1 in 252listedSaša95
CN China—≈19,000 est.≈1 in 73K—Sasa29
HR Croatia#1358,1471 in 5198.1KSaša110
SI Slovenia#684,9621 in 4243.2KSaša59
BA Bosnia & Herzegovina#43≈4,900 est.≈1 in 787—Saša36
GY Guyana—340as Sasha1 in 2.2K340——

36,127 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020, counting the spelling sasha. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); SURS — resident population given names; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Saša is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Czech given name13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia, Slovakia, Serbia, United States

    Languages: Czech, Slovak

    Also written Sasa, Sáša, Šáša, Šasa, Saśa

  • English given name52 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Austria, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Sasa, Saza, Sasà, Śazá, Šaša

  • a separate name10 spellings in the group

    Also written Sasá, Sasa, Saşa, Šaša, Sasà

  • Spanish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Serbia, Spain, Philippines

    Also written Sasa, Sa'Sa, Sasá, Sasà

  • Russian given name54 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek

    Also written Саша, Sasha, Саса, Sasa, Sacha

  • Portuguese given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Serbia, United States, Portugal

    Also written Sasa, Sasá, Sasà, Sãsã, Šaša

  • Indonesian given name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Sasa, 'Sasa, Saşa, Sasà, Sasá

  • Turkish surname18 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, Syria

    Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

    Also written Şaşa, Sasa, Saşa, Şasa, Sasà

33 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Saša is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Slovak, a diminutive of the male given name Alexander

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Czech, a diminutive of the male given name Alexandr

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latvian, Šoseja

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19601970198019902000Saša Obradović, b. 1969Saša Gedeon, b. 1970Saša Drakulić, b. 1972Saša Dončić, b. 1974Saša Ilić, b. 1977Saša Ognenovski, b. 1979Saša Vujačić, b. 1984Saša Čađo, b. 1989Saša Zdjelar, b. 1995Saša Lukić, b. 1996

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalBok Saša,Hi Saša, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 22 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Saša
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)20218.1K#132
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021)20217.3K—
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20133.3K#87
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20143.3K#89
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20123.2K#85
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20153.2K#88
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20163.2K#89
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20113.2K#86
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20103.2K#86
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20173.2K#89
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20093.2K#85
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20183.2K#89

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Saša mean, and where does it come from?
a diminutive of the male given name Aleksandar Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Saša?
A machine transcription gives /s̪aʂa/ (IPA) for Croatian.
Is Saša a male or female name?
Saša is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
What are other forms of the name Saša?
In the etymology graph, Sandra, Alex and Sandrine are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Aleksandra and Aleksander.
In which country does Saša have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 36 thousand people named Sasha, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Saša?
In Croatia, the national register counted 8,147 people named Saša in 2021, about 1 in 519 residents.
How common is Saša compared with other names?
In Serbia, Saša is the 26th most common given name of 10,960 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Saša” — the 26th most common given name in Serbia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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