Given name · Bulgarian · Macedonian
Василка
“of the king, kingly, royal”
Василка (Vasílka) is a feminine given name from Bulgarian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Bulgarian and Macedonian.
Bulgarian and MacedonianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Vasilka.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Василка goes back to Ancient Greek βασίλειος, meaning “of the king, kingly, royal.”
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Where it comes from
Василка comes from Bulgarian, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
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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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Василка’s family of names
In Bulgarian usage, Василка has a diminutive in Ва́са. In Macedonian usage, Василка can be written in the Roman alphabet as VASILKA. In Bulgarian usage, Василка has a transliteration in VASILKA.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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