Dasha
Dasha is the Russian pet form of Daria, a name that already sounds at home in Poland. The Slavic root reads as "possessor of good," and Dasha stays rare here: most Poles have never met one.
Dasha Pronunciation
What Dasha means
Where Dasha comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Dasha is the Russian familiar form of Daria, and it settles easily into Polish, where Daria has long been a common name. The origin is Slavic, and the sound stays plain and friendly. Its short meaning, "possessor of good," works less as a strict definition than as a sense that gathered around the name.
In Russian usage, Dasha is what family and friends call a girl whose full name is Daria. The register says Daria; the friends say Dasha. Same name, same posiadająca dobro, just closer. Poland gives Daria her name-day on 25 October, the feast of Saints Chrysanthus and Daria.
That reading of "good" is a later association more than a literal root, and Dasha wears it lightly. The form stays short. A girl signs Daria on an official form at the urząd and stays Dasha to the people who know her.
How many people are named Dasha
1 in 104855 women in Poland is named Dasha. 215 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2131 among female names.
Dasha as a middle name
Dasha is a first name for 215 women in Poland and a middle name for another 2, a 99/1 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 5723rd, between Darmiła (2) and Daulat (2).
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#5721 Darka2
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#5722 Darmiła2
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#5723 Dasha2
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#5724 Daulat2
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#5725 Davida2