My mum misspelt my name on my birth certificate – it helped my career as people thought I was a man instead of a b**ch
A WOMAN has revealed that her mum accidentally misspelt her name on her birth certificate – but that her mistake actually worked wonders for her career.
Sacha Rady, known online as @sacharealty, took to TikTok to share that her mum registered her as ‘Sacha’ rather than ‘Sasha’ – and as a result, she is often mistaken for a man.
She claims this is due to the fact that Sacha, with a C, is a nickname for Alexander in Russia.
In a new TikTok, she said: “My mum spelt my name wrong on my birth certificate – and here’s why it was actually a huge blessing when I was in corporate America.
“So my name is Sacha. I was named after a Sasha doll.
“That’s like the British equivalent to the American Girl doll. Yes, I’m British, no, I don’t have an accent.
“And growing up my mum was super poor and she could never afford a Sasha doll, so she said she was going to name her first daughter Sasha.
“These dolls were spelt S A S H A which is the female way to spell Sasha.
“My name is Sacha with a C. S A C H A.
“That is the Russian spelling for Alexander. Sacha.
“So when I was in corporate America, when I was emailing people, everybody thought I was a man.
“They would reply back like, ‘dear sir’, ‘hello sir’, and I just let that s*** ride.
“I’m a pretty dry and direct person, and if a female is dry and direct in the corporate world, you’re a b**ch.
“But since I was a man, it was just another day in the office.”
Her story attracted plenty of attention online, gaining more than 102,000 likes and one million views.
In the comments, other TikTok users shared their reactions, with one writing: “Lmao awesome.”
Another said: “I grew up with a (girl) friend named Sacha, I had no idea it was the male way to spell it!”
A third wrote: “Same! I use Sam and people always think I’m a man in emails.”
Others shared their similar stories, with someone else adding: “I spelt my son’s name wrong. Instead of Christian, it’s Christain.”
“My teacher had a girl named “angel” but it was spelt “Angle” on the birth certificate,” added another.