Masha
[ˈmɑːʃə]Meaning
Russian diminutive of Mariya
Background Story
Masha is a Russian diminutive of Mariya. In Ukrainian it is also a diminutive of Mariia or Mariya, and it has been used as a nickname or pet name for women named Maria or Marie. Variants include Manya and Marusya, and an alternative Latin-alphabet spelling is Macha. In Serbo-Croatian and Slovene, the form Maša is a diminutive of Marija that can also stand as a given name in its own right.
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