What does the yiddish name "pessy" mean?

can anyone tell me if the name masha is really yiddish or only russian. and what does it mean? I know frum mashie-s and non-Jewish russian masha-s

it was my father's bubbie's name

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just to add about the yiddishe name "yente/yenta," - to my understanding, it was a very pareve name until some yiddish newspaper reporter (can't remember the name) invented a character named "yenta telebenta." this "yenta" character was a gossip, and that's how the name got it's associations.

yenta/yentel is from Old French "gentille", meaning (at that time only) noble.

masha is russian that got integrated into yiddish. Many non Jews have names that were integrated into yiddish/ladino/judeo arabic. I met an old non Jewish Zlata recently, and in the Middle Ages there were plenty Gitta, Golda...
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According to the website below, Masha is a Yiddish feminine version of "Moshe". They both mean to "drawn out" [of the water].

http://www.yiddishbabynames.com/item.cfm?itemid=35319

Yeah, I had always spelled it mem alef shin ayin until my Rabbi wrote my name mem shin heh. My children thought their chasuna invitations would be hilarious: Binyomin vMoshe Plony.....

The Mashas I know told me it's from Miriam (-> Maria -> Mariasha -> Masha), and some actually have Miriam as Hebrew name and Masha as Yiddish. Maybe it depends.

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that'd be a good name for twins, masha and chasha. or rasha

make it triplets, then !

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Rasha is yet another name I never understood how Jewish children ended up with. I guess I should google the name too and find out what else it means (besides the Hebrew translation)

OK, I tried the site I'd previously listed, but they didn't have it. Could anyone enlighten me as to the meaning of the name "Rasha" and why one would name their child such? I'm sure that it must mean something wonderful in another language or people wouldn't be using it. Very Happy

masha = miriam
http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsearch~model1~GNDB_POLA~MASZ~GT~!1!!2!!3!~0~USRECORD943

chasha = chana
http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsearch~model1~GNDB_POLA~CHASZ~GT~!1!!2!!3!~0~USRECORD248

rasha = rosa
http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsearch~model1~GNDB_POLA~ROSHA~GT~!1!!2!!3!~0~USRECORD1168

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I don't know why they come up like this, and I never manage to change them... just copy and paste them!

The Rasha I know is rah-shah.

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