When I went to Russia I met heaps of female Sashas. I guess it's common for both genders. I'm
German but I still don't get it :P SAHN - hmmmm
Sandy,
Sandra, Zandra...but I still don't get
Sasha. But I guess that's fine, I also don't get
Margaret -
Peggy and several others. To me a nickname has to be clearly derived from the name as in Zippy for
Zipporah or
Alex for
Alexandra but that's just me I guess :P