Pasha

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.

• English:/ˈpæʃə/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary

Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.

Pasha is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• Hindi43%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Pasha in Hindi.

• English7.4%

  A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  Turkish title

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• Arabic5.7%

  lord, honorific title

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Pasha, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Misha
• Mikhail
• Aleksandr
• Nikolai
• Fyodor

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Pasha is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Pāshā

• Russian given name86 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Syria, Belarus

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Arabic

  Also written Паша, Nahhas, Paşa, Pasa, Наххас

• Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, India, Malaysia, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Pasha'

• Georgian given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Georgia, India

  Also written Pasa, ფაშა, პაშა

• Pashto surname2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Pakistan, United States, Iran

  Also written Pāshā

46 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.

Pasha 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 Swahili, Kiswahili: 'cause to get'; also an honorary title used for African governors under Turkish rule.

  as a name·African Names

• cause to get.

  as a name·African Names

• Russian: pet form of both Pavel (see PAUL ) and PRASKOVYA .

  as a word

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.

• Hurşid Ahmed Paşab. 1800GEnot in their usual nameOttomon governor
• Omer Lutfi Pashab. 1806HROttoman general and governor of Serb origin (1806–1871)
• Ahmed Djemalb. 1872GRnot in their usual nameTurkish general and politician (1872-1922)

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).

56 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 30 countries.

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

What does the name Pasha mean?

In English, A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire.

Where does the name Pasha come from?

Kiswahili: 'cause to get'; also an honorary title used for African governors under Turkish rule. Recorded by African Names.

What are other forms of the name Pasha?

In the etymology graph, Pal, Paulus and Pauli are forms of the same name in other languages.

How do you pronounce Pasha?

In English /ˈpæʃə/ (Wiktionary).

Which countries have the most people with the surname Pasha?

Mondonomo estimates about 17 thousand people named Pasha in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pasha. After it come Pakistan, United States, Brazil and Netherlands; the country table on this page ranks them.

How common is the name Pasha?

In India, the national register counted 812 people named Pasha, about 1 in 1.6 million residents.

How common is Pasha compared with other names?

In Bangladesh, Pasha is the 369th most common surname of 12,312 surnames recorded there.