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Василь
“royal”
Василь (Vasilʹ) is a masculine given name from Carpathian Rusyn, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Ukrainian and Pannonian Rusyn.
Russian and Ukrainian and rskWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Vasýlʹ.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Василь possibly goes back to Ancient Greek Βασίλειος, meaning “royal.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Василь comes from Carpathian Rusyn, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Василь developed from Βασίλειος.
Василь’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Василь has a short form in Вася. In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Василь developed from the Ancient Greek form Βασίλειος. In Ukrainian usage, Василь has a conventional equivalent in the German form Basil.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Василь has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Василь comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
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 34
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- BasilGerman
- Vasiliequivalent
- Basilioequivalent
- Bazilequivalent
- Vasilijeequivalent
- BasileFrench
- Vasileequivalent
- Vasilyequivalent
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- Vassiliosequivalent
- Vasilequivalent
- Wassilequivalent
- WasylPolish
- Wasilequivalent
- Vasilisequivalent
- Vasylequivalent
- Vassiliequivalent
- Basiliequivalent
- Βασίληςequivalent
- Vazulequivalent
- Bazilijequivalent
- Baziloequivalent
- ვასილequivalent
- Basilideequivalent
- Василequivalent
- Basílioequivalent
- Васільequivalent
- Wassilyequivalent
- Василийalso known as · Russian
- Basiliusequivalent
- Pasiequivalent
- Bazyliequivalent
- Васи́льhas masculine form
- ВасыйлTatar
- Βασίλειοςroot · Ancient Greek
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Василь
- Vasyl IvanchukUkrainian chess playerborn 1969
- Vasyl StusUkrainian poet, publicist and dissident (1938–1985)
- Vasiliy LomachenkoUkrainian boxerborn 1988
- Vasyl SukhomlynskyUkrainian educationalist (1918–1970)
- Vasyl SlipakUkrainian opera singer1974–2016
- Vasyl StefanykUkrainian writer (1871–1936)
- Vasyl KrychevskyUkrainian artist (1872-1952)1873–1952
- Vasyl SymonenkoUkrainian poet (1935–1963)
- Vasyl BarvinskyUkrainian composer and pianist (1888–1963)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Василь, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Einri
“an intelligent man”
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Vasilijus
“of the king, kingly, royal”
>99% boys
Dvořka
“royal female court attendant”
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Sargão
“the true King”
>99% boys
Joschka
Joschka is a masculine given name from Hungarian. It is used in German.
>99% boys
Kanbolat
“foster child, prince” · “steel”
>99% boys
Jekyll
“lord, ruler, prince”
>99% boys
Gundry
“battle” · “king, ruler”
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