Masha


In Russian, Masha is a diminutive of Maria. Also as in Ukrainian is a diminutive of Mariia or Mariya. It has been used as a nickname or as a pet name for women named Maria or Marie. An alternative spelling in the Latin alphabet is "Macha". In Serbo-Croatian and Slovene, "Maša" is a diminutive of "Marija" but can be a given name in its own right.
The Jewish name Masha is of Biblical extraction. Tradition has it that the first Masha was named after a departed male named Moshe.

Other diminutives of Maria

There are a large number of diminutives in Russian for Maria beside Masha:
  • Marusya
  • Manya
  • Manyunya
  • Manyasha
  • Mashunya
  • Mashuta
  • Mashenka
  • Mar'ya
  • Mashulya
  • Mashka

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