Could Sasha work as a NN for Anastasia? Thoughts?

Someone threw me for a loop today when suggesting that [name_u]Sasha[/name_u] could be used as nickname for the name [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f], I had only heard of it as nickname for the more formal [name_f]Alexandra[/name_f].

What do you think about this?
[name_f]Do[/name_f] you think suppose it could work?

Depends on pronunciation of [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f], but yes. Back here, common nickname for [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] is Stoshia.

I’m pretty picky about far fetched nicknames, but I think this one actually works!

I think it could work. Nicknames are informal and I don’t feel they always have to be used in their traditional way. [name_u]Sasha[/name_u] [name_m]Obama[/name_m] is really a [name_f]Natasha[/name_f], for example.

Absolutely! I really like it.

Definitely! I think its an adorable nickname for [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]!

It definitely works!

I agree with everyone else! Definitely can use [name_u]Sasha[/name_u] for [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]!

Yes, it definitely could!

I think it could work!

I think it works very nicely!

I think it would work!

Absolutely!

I don’t see why not.

I think it works perfectly well.