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Βασίλειος
“of the king, kingly, royal”
Βασίλειος (Basíleios) is a masculine given name. It is used in Greek and Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and Greek and gkmWritten in Greek script. In English: Basil.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Βασίλειος goes back to a word meaning “of the king, kingly, royal.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Βασίλειος is Vasilios written in the Greek alphabet. Vasilios is a variant of Vasilis. An origin associated with Vasilis is Greek.
Explained through its name family
Βασίλειος’s family of names
In Greek usage, Βασίλειος has a feminine form in Βασιλική. In Greek usage, Βασίλειος has a conventional equivalent in the English form Basil. In Greek usage, Βασίλειος has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Basilio.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Βασίλειος has relatives in 29 languages.
31 related names in 29 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 48
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Basilderivative · English
- Vasiliosderivative · English
- Vasiliequivalent
- Basilioderivative · Tagalog, Spanish
- Basilederivative · French
- Vasilijederivative · Serbo-Croatian
- Bazilequivalent
- Wassilequivalent
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- VasilyEnglish
- Vasilederivative · Romanian
- Wasilequivalent
- Vasilisequivalent
- Wasylequivalent
- VasilSlovak
- Lakisequivalent
- Vasosequivalent
- Wassilyequivalent
- ബസേലിയോസ്derivative · Malayalam
- Васильderivative · Ukrainian, rsk
- Васільborrowing · Belarusian
- ბასილიderivative · Georgian
- Βασιλικήfeminine form · Greek
- Բարսեղborrowing · Classical Armenian
- Василийborrowing · Russian
- Bosiljkoborrowing · Serbo-Croatian
- Vasilijusderivative · Lithuanian
- Bazyliderivative · Polish
- Basílioderivative · Portuguese
- Vasilijsderivative · Latvian
- Pasiderivative · Finnish
- Βάσοςequivalent
- Λάκηςequivalent
- Vasylequivalent
- Vassiliequivalent
- Basiliequivalent
- Vazulequivalent
- Baziloequivalent
- Bazilijequivalent
- ვასილequivalent
- Basilideequivalent
- Василequivalent
- VasilijCzech
- WasjaPolish
- VászolyHungarian
- 瓦西里Chinese
- バジルJapanese
- BasiloEsperanto
- BasiliusGerman
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Βασίλειος
- Basil of Caesarea4th-century Christian bishop, theologian, and saint (329–379)
- Basil IIByzantine Emperor from the Macedonian dynasty958–1025
- Basil IByzantine emperor from 867 to 886811–886
- Basil ZaharoffGreek-born arms dealer and industrialist (1849-1936)
- Basil of AncyraChristian theologian in Ancyra, Galatia290–363
- Vassilios SkourisGreek judgeborn 1948
- Basil LekapenosByzantine official925–985
- Vasilios KotroniasGreek chess playerborn 1964
- Basil II of ConstantinoplePatriarch of Constantinople1101
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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“baal protect the king”
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“a highborn daughter; born to royalty”
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“a gracious princess”
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Kyngmann
“the king's man”
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Laquienton
“from the queen's town or settlement”
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Bodiccea
“a victorious queen”
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