In
Russian, Masha (Маша) is a diminutive of
Maria. 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 (מַשה)[1] is of Biblical extraction. Tradition has it that the first Masha was named after a departed male named
Moshe (Moses).
Other diminutives of Maria
There are a large number of
diminutives (nicknames) in Russian for Maria beside Masha:
Marusya (Маруся)
Manya (Маня)
Manyunya (Манюня)
Manyasha (Маняша)
Mashunya (Машуня)
Mashuta (Машута)
Mashenka (Машенька)
Mar'ya (Марья)
Mashulya (Машуля)
Mashka (Машка)
Notable people
Masha Bruskina (1924–1941), Soviet partisan of the Minsk Resistance
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In
Russian, Masha (Маша) is a diminutive of
Maria. 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 (מַשה)[1] is of Biblical extraction. Tradition has it that the first Masha was named after a departed male named
Moshe (Moses).
Other diminutives of Maria
There are a large number of
diminutives (nicknames) in Russian for Maria beside Masha:
Marusya (Маруся)
Manya (Маня)
Manyunya (Манюня)
Manyasha (Маняша)
Mashunya (Машуня)
Mashuta (Машута)
Mashenka (Машенька)
Mar'ya (Марья)
Mashulya (Машуля)
Mashka (Машка)
Notable people
Masha Bruskina (1924–1941), Soviet partisan of the Minsk Resistance
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.
Listen to this article (4 minutes)
This audio file was created from a revision of this article dated 19 March 2023 (2023-03-19), and does not reflect subsequent edits.