masha | Imamother

amother

Thu, Dec 25 2008, 5:53 pm

We are be'H expecting later in the year, and have a close relative who was recently nifteres whose Hebrew name was Masha. Does anyone know what the name means or if there is another name with a similar meaning. Thank you!

amother

Thu, Dec 25 2008, 6:14 pm

mashed potatoes.

amother

Thu, Dec 25 2008, 6:15 pm

thats my name, malka is the same meaning.

NotInNJMommy

Thu, Dec 25 2008, 6:16 pm

can anyone remind me how to report an amother for being unfunny?

amother

Thu, Dec 25 2008, 6:16 pm

that was so unhelpful...I don't want to name the baby Masha, but want to known what the name means/originates from and to then see if there are other similar names we could use instead...please keep your rude comments to yourself

chaylizi

Thu, Dec 25 2008, 6:16 pm

I found this on wiki:
In the Russian language, Masha (ÐœÐ°ÑˆÐ°) is a diminutive of Maria

NotInNJMommy

Thu, Dec 25 2008, 6:18 pm

I think it's very pretty actually, but no idea what it means.

amother

Thu, Dec 25 2008, 6:35 pm

What is this, the 3rd grade? You are gonna tell the teacher on me for trying to make a joke? Lighten up.

marina

Thu, Dec 25 2008, 10:27 pm

Masha is a dimunitive of Miriam

greenfire

Thu, Dec 25 2008, 10:32 pm

I like the name masha

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marina

Thu, Dec 25 2008, 10:33 pm

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HindaRochel

Thu, Dec 25 2008, 10:36 pm

My mother is named Masha Aaron after her grandfather... my grandma had a dream. Anyway, I always thought it was a derivative of Moshe.

BeershevaBubby

Thu, Dec 25 2008, 11:07 pm

It's a derivative of Miriam.

amother

Thu, Dec 25 2008, 11:35 pm

I heard of a girl Masha who was named after a grandfather Moshe.

BeershevaBubby

Thu, Dec 25 2008, 11:41 pm

amother wrote:

I heard of a girl Masha who was named after a grandfather Moshe.

While it is an acceptable gender switch (my nephew Moshe is named for his grandmother Masha who was named for a Moshe), the actual etymology of the name is that Masha is a derivative of Miriam.

IndyMom

Fri, Dec 26 2008, 2:24 am

Well that takes away that possibility for me. I was thinking of naming after a moshe with the name masha if I had a girl but my husband's mother is Miriam so I can't use that name (we are not sephardi).

sequoia

Fri, Dec 26 2008, 2:35 am

That is my name! Smile

I was named after my great-grandmother Malka Tauba. Of course since I was born in the USSR they Russified my name to Maria.

Yes, the Hebrew version is Miriam.

amother

Fri, Dec 26 2008, 4:52 am

Miriam works...so does Malka. Thanks Imamothers! (now watch, I'll have a boy - and we already have a Moshe)

downsyndrome

Fri, Dec 26 2008, 6:15 am

I don't know anything about sources and roots for the name Masha, but it is very much a name in our family! My sister is Mashy!
My father's a'h parents HY"D were Moshe and Masha; the townsfolk lovingly referred to them as 'Motzee Matzoh'.

HindaRochel

Sat, Dec 27 2008, 8:54 am

I didn't realize it was fairly common. I always thought my mother was the only one as people always looked at me weird when I said her name was Masha Aaron. I never knew its connection to Miriam.