Also found in Albania and Greece. Albania/Kosovo: Vllasi, for eg. "Shen Vllasi" (Saint Blasius) or as a surname, for eg., Azem Vllasi (famous Albanian politician). Also used as a first name in northern Albania. Greece: Ancient city of Aio Vlasi.
The main Russian form of Blaise is Vlasiy (Власий). The spellings Vlasi (Власий) and Vlasy (Власий) are variant transcriptions of Vlasiy.Just compare in the main database, for example, Arkadiy, Arkadi and Arkady... or Evgeniy, Evgeni and Evgeny... and similar names. The form ending in -iy is always the main form there. [noted -ed]
Albania/Kosovo: Vllasi, for eg. "Shen Vllasi" (Saint Blasius) or as a surname, for eg., Azem Vllasi (famous Albanian politician). Also used as a first name in northern Albania.
Greece: Ancient city of Aio Vlasi.