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Васил
“of the king, kingly, royal”
Васил (Vasíl) is a masculine given name from Bulgarian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Bulgarian and Macedonian.
Bulgarian and Macedonian and TatarWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Basil.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Васил goes back to Ancient Greek βασίλειος, meaning “of the king, kingly, royal.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Васил comes from Bulgarian, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Bulgarian Васи́лий, from Old Church Slavonic Василии, from Byzantine Greek Βασίλειος, from Ancient Greek βασίλειος (“of the king, kingly, royal”), built from Ancient Greek βᾰσῐλεύς (“king”) + -ῐος.
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Васил’s family of names
In Bulgarian usage, Васил has a diminutive in Ва́ско. In Bulgarian usage, Васил has a conventional equivalent in the German form Basil. In Russian usage, Васил has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Vasil.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Васил has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
6 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 35
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- BasilEnglish, German
- Vasiliequivalent
- Basilioequivalent
- Vasilijeequivalent
- Bazilequivalent
- Basileequivalent
- Wasylequivalent
- Vassiliosequivalent
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- Wassilequivalent
- Wasilequivalent
- Vasilisequivalent
- Vasileequivalent
- Vasilyequivalent
- Βασίλειοςequivalent
- Basílioequivalent
- Василийequivalent
- Васільequivalent
- Wassilyequivalent
- Basiliusequivalent
- Pasiequivalent
- Bazyliequivalent
- Васильequivalent
- Vasylequivalent
- Vassiliequivalent
- Basiliequivalent
- Vazulequivalent
- Βασίληςequivalent
- Василійequivalent
- Baziloequivalent
- Bazilijequivalent
- ვასილequivalent
- Basilideequivalent
- Василе́наfeminine form
- Васи́лаfeminine form
- Васи́лhas masculine form
People named Васил
- Vasil LevskiBulgarian revolutionary (1837–1873)
- AzisBulgarian singerborn 1978
- Vasil KolarovBulgarian politician (1877—1950)
- Vasil GarvanlievMacedonian singerborn 1984
- Vasil RadoslavovPrime Minister of Bulgaria (1854-1929)
- Kliment of TarnovoBulgarian Prime Minister (1841-1901)
- Vasil KutinchevBulgarian general (1859-1941)
- Vasil MetodievBulgarian footballer (1935-2019)
- Vasil AprilovBulgarian educator (1789—1847)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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