Woman whose mother MISSPELLED her name on her birth certificate says the error turned out to be a ‘huge blessing’ that HELPED her career

  • Sacha Rady, 26, from Georgia, shared the story behind her name on TikTok 
  • She explained that her mom meant to spell her name Sasha – not Sacha
  • Rady said the mistake was a blessing because it helped her in corporate America

By ERICA NARDOZZI FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 10:25 EDT, 12 June 2023 | UPDATED: 10:37 EDT, 12 June 2023

A woman has revealed how her mother misspelling her name on her birth certificate ended up helping her in her career as an adult. 

Sacha Rady, 26, from Atlanta, Georgia, went viral on TikTok after she opened up about the story behind her moniker, which is pronounced ‘Sasha.’

The realtor, who is known as @sacharealty on social media, shared that her mother had intended to spell her name Sasha — not Sacha. 

‘My mom spelled my name wrong on my birth certificate, and here’s why it was actually a huge blessing when I was in corporate America,’ she told viewers. Sacha Rady, 26, from Atlanta, Georgia, went viral on TikTok after sharing that her mother misspelled her name on her birth certificate+

Sacha Rady, 26, from Atlanta, Georgia, went viral on TikTok after sharing that her mother misspelled her name on her birth certificate The realtor, who is known as @sacharealty on social media, worked in corporate America because before she got into real estate+

The realtor, who is known as @sacharealty on social media, worked in corporate America because before she got into real estate 

Rady said she was named after the Sasha doll created by Swiss artist Sasha Morgenthaler, calling it the ‘British equivalent to the American Girl doll.’ 

‘Growing up my mom was super poor. She could never afford a Sasha doll. So she said she was going to name her first daughter Sasha,’ she explained. ‘These dolls were spelled S-A-S-H-A, which is the female way to spell Sasha.’

However, her mom accidentally spelled her name S-A-C-H-A, a gender-neutral name with French and Slavic roots, according to The Bump

Rady noted that Sacha is the shortened version of the name Alexander in Russian. 

‘When I was in corporate America, when I was emailing people, everybody thought I was a man,’ she said. ‘They would reply back, “Dear Sir,” “Hello, Sir,” and I just let that s**t ride.

‘I’m a pretty dry and direct person, and if a female is dry and direct in the corporate world, you are a b***h,’ she added. ‘But, since I was a man, it was just another day in the office.’ 

Rady’s video has been viewed more than 1.1 million times and has received hundreds of comments since it was posted earlier this year. 

A number of people were also inspired to share their name stories, including those named Sasha. 

‘THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH ME!! But my mom spelled it Sacha for school papers. It sucked having to change it again,’ one person wrote. 

‘My teacher had a girl named “Angel” but it was spelled “Angle” on the birth certificate,’ someone else recalled. 

‘GIRL!!! I get you. I should have been Yudi but they spelled it Yuri so now I’m a Russian man instead of a Latin women,’ another shared. 

Meanwhile, one mom admitted to spelling her son’s name wrong, saying that ‘instead of Christian, it’s Christain.’  

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