why call A.Zeverev "Sascha"?

[latestgood]

Why do we call him Sascha when he's real name has nothing to do with his nickname?

Thanks

 

[latestgood]

wrong thread...

 

[Sentinel]

Mischa and Sasha.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasha_(name)

Sasha is a unisex given name. It originated in countries of Eastern and Southern Europe as the hypocorism of Alexander and Alexandra.

Also,

In Russian, Misha is a short form for the Russian male name Mikhail (Michael), and Mishka is a diminutive of Misha.

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

Sacha or Sascha, a common Russian nickname for Alexander.
it is from the sandr part of aleksandr. the sa of sandr with the sha diminutive gives you sasha.

 

[Nostradamus]

Sacha or Sascha, a common Russian nickname for Alexander.
it is from the sandr part of aleksandr. the sa of sandr with the sha diminutive gives you sasha.

I prefer the Alexander. It seems like he is a conquerer of all things

 

[TheGhostOfAgassi]

Its a russian thing

 

[Kalin]

I prefer the Alexander. It seems like he is a conquerer of all things

Why, haven't you heard of Sascha the Great?

 

[Sentinel]

I prefer the Alexander. It seems like he is a conquerer of all things

You mean like Dolgopolopov ?

 

[papertank]

I'm not sure why he doesn't just make his nickname his official ATP name, as Mischa did (his real name is Mikhail).

 

[Kalin]

I'm not sure why he doesn't just make his nickname his official ATP name, as Mischa did (his real name is Mikhail).

I actually thought it was

But well, Mikhail sounds very Russian and he probably didn't want to take the Germanized 'Michael' since he was actually born in Moscow so he took the easy way out Young Beast (Zver means 'beast' or 'wild animal' in Russian) has a more international name so he probably felt there's no need to change it.

 

[stringertom]

Why call him Zeverev???

 

[ArcspacE]

It's a Russian thing

Next question

 

[Kalin]

Why call him Zeverev???

He's so tall they had to add an extra letter to his uniform to fill up the space.

 

[stringertom]

He's so tall they had to add an extra letter to his uniform to fill up the space.

Let him win 20 slams and we can call him Zvereverer!

 

[Kalin]

It's a Russian thing

Let him win 20 slams and we can call him Zvereverer!

Then he'll just be Zvrv, like the goat Fedr.

 

[stringertom]

Then he'll just be Zvrv, like the goat Fedr.

The root cause for Putinist aggression towards Germany...to collect taxes on Zverev earnings and make Russia great again!

 

[Kalin]

The root cause for Putinist aggression towards Germany...to collect taxes on Zverev earnings and make Russia great again!

Just wait until he comes for Shapovalov and Kozlov's too...

 

[ArcspacE]

Just wait until he comes for Shapovalov and Kozlov's too...

GOAT

 

[stringertom]

Just wait until he comes for Shapovalov and Kozlov's too...

He's after Sharapova's millions as well!

 

[Kalin]

He's after Sharapova's millions as well!

Did you say 'Sharapova's Meldoniums'? I think he got those already... he looks in shape!

 

[NuBas]

Here is an explanation from the web wrote by someone else:

It's a Russian nickname. To make something a nickname in Russian, you add "-sha" to it. Russian for Alexander = Aleksander. They drop the Alek and change "Sander" to "Sasha" to make it a nickname.

Same thing works for "Misha" for "Mikael" or "Dasha" for "Darya."

Side fact: adding "-ka" in there makes it extra-cutesy. So, "Sashka" is a cutesy version of the nickname, or "Mishka," etc. The funny thing is that the Russian word for water is "voda", so "vodka" is literally a cute little nickname for water! Funny stuff!

 

[forzamilan90]

Alexander = Sasho or Sasha for short. Not even a nickname, it's like James and Jimmy.

 

[Big_Dangerous]

You mean like Dolgopolopov ?

Dolgo is Ukrainian though.

 

[*Sparkle*]

My grandpa was an Alexander, and he was known as Sandy! There's loads of abbreviations for Alexander in the UK, Alex, Alec, Eck, Xander (pronounced Zander), Sandy, and Al, Ally, although those last two are more common for Alistairs.

 

[stringertom]

Here is an explanation from the web wrote by someone else:

It's a Russian nickname. To make something a nickname in Russian, you add "-sha" to it. Russian for Alexander = Aleksander. They drop the Alek and change "Sander" to "Sasha" to make it a nickname.

Same thing works for "Misha" for "Mikael" or "Dasha" for "Darya."

Side fact: adding "-ka" in there makes it extra-cutesy. So, "Sashka" is a cutesy version of the nickname, or "Mishka," etc. The funny thing is that the Russian word for water is "voda", so "vodka" is literally a cute little nickname for water! Funny stuff!

Apparently they also add just "ya"...NiKOLai becomes Kolya.

 

[Backhand Smash]

Zverev is russian and NOT German, as much as some people would like him to be. Hence the Sasha diminutive.

And please keep Putler (Putin+Hitler for the inquiring minds) and his lowbrow neosoviet propaganda out of these lovely tennis forums please, thank you very much.

 

[NuBas]

Apparently they also add just "ya"...NiKOLai becomes Kolya.

oh ok

 

[Kalin]

Zverev is russian and NOT German, as much as some people would like him to be. Hence the Sasha diminutive.

And please keep Putler (Putin+Hitler for the inquiring minds) and his lowbrow neosoviet propaganda out of these lovely tennis forums please, thank you very much.

Of course he is Russian.

As for Putin (or, as you like to call him 'Putler'), I'd heed your advice if you didn't engage in a similar lowbrow neocon propaganda yourself

 

[Backhand Smash]

I am not the one who started polluting the forums with distasteful political propaganda and it is my opinion that such posts have no place here.

BTW, for some reason I am under the impression that you live/work in the US. Why didn't you emigrate to Russia if you like their "stuff" so much. Oh, wait...

Anyway, moving on.

 

[GrassCourtFan]

No, I'm pretty sure he's German. Yeah, just checked at http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/overview , he's German. His family was Russian but they moved to Germany in '91, Sasha was born in '97. (http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/bio)

 

[Kalin]

I am not the one who started polluting the forums with distasteful political propaganda and it is my opinion that such posts have no place here.

BTW, for some reason I am under the impression that you live/work in the US. Why didn't you emigrate to Russia if you like their "stuff" so much. Oh, wait...

Anyway, moving on.

No, have lived in Asia for the past 30 years ... so I am very fair and balanced

If you consider every gif poasted in good spirit a propaganda, well... hope you don't visit cat sites too often. Lots of feline propaganda there.

But I agree, moving on. Let's just all agree that Andy Murray is, currently at least, a dick.

 

[TheGhostOfAgassi]

Of course he is Russian.

As for Putin (or, as you like to call him 'Putler'), I'd heed your advice if you didn't engage in a similar lowbrow neocon propaganda yourself

Sasha identify himself as a German. Something he has said several times.
If you want to go back in history, Sasha might be Swedish.

 

[Kalin]

Sasha identify himself as a German. Something he has said several times.
If you want to go back in history, Sasha might be Swedish.

And if we go 15 years forward he'll probably be Finnish

 

[Backhand Smash]

Let's just all agree that Andy Murray is, currently at least, a dick.

This we can definitely agree on.

 

[Gazelle]

I call him Alexander.

Alexander the Giraffe. I'm lacking inspiration to find a better byname.

 

[Newcomer]

That's not a nickname. In Russian "Sasha" and "Alexander" is the same name, as strange as it may sound. "Mischa" is the same as "Mikhail".