Gender Masculine
Scripts Василіи, Василиі, etc.(Church Slavic)

Meaning & History

Medieval Slavic form of Basil 1.

Related Names

Other Languages & CulturesVasil(Albanian) Basileios, Basilius(Ancient Greek) Vasil(Belarusian) Vasil, Vasko(Bulgarian) Basil(English) Baz, Bazza(English (British)) Pasi(Finnish) Basile(French) Vasil, Vaso(Georgian) Vasileios, Vasilios, Vasilis, Vassilis(Greek) Basilio(Italian) Vasilijs(Latvian) Vasilijus(Lithuanian) Vasil, Vasko(Macedonian) Wasyl, Bazyli(Polish) Vasile, Vasilică(Romanian) Vasili, Vasiliy, Vasily, Vassily, Wassily, Vaska, Vasya(Russian) Vasilije, Vaso(Serbian) Basilio(Spanish) Vasyl(Ukrainian)

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Sources & References

  1. Goldschmidt, Paul. A Dictionary of Period Russian Names, available from https://heraldry.sca.org/names/paul/.
Entry updated April 23, 2024