Thing is that there are both masc. and fem versions of
Alexander and
Alex and
Sandy are used on both genders as nns, so
Sasha's not THAT unnatural for a girl... no more unnatural than
Toni for
Antonia which is just a fem form of
Antony or
Anthony. We have
Alexandra,
Alejandra and
Alessandra. Therefore, if
Sandy and
Alex can be used as nns for both genders, I see nothing strange about using
Sasha the same way. I knew a Fr. Cdn. guy named
Sasha and a very pretty teenage girl in my bunkhouse at camp with a rather pleasant disposition named
Sasha. It worked on both of them. Don't know if the boy got teased at all for it, but I don't recall the girl having any problems w/ it. It's not like calling a girl
Mason or
Harvey or
Hank that are obviously masc. and don't have a fem. form to them as far as I know.
This message was edited 10/1/2010, 6:46 PM