Given name · also Latin
Basílio
“kingly”
Basílio is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Portuguese.
Original LatinBasilius
Meaning & origin
What it means
Basílio goes back to Ancient Greek Βασίλειος, meaning “kingly.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Basílio comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Portuguese usage, Basílio developed from Βασίλειος.
Basílio’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Basílio shares an earlier linguistic root with VASSILI. In Portuguese usage, Basílio has a conventional equivalent in the English form Basil. In Portuguese usage, Basílio has a conventional equivalent in the French form Basile.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Basílio has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Basílio comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 31
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Basiliussource · Latin
- BasilEnglish
- Vasiliequivalent
- Bazilequivalent
- Vasilijeequivalent
- BasileFrench
- Wasilequivalent
- Vasilisequivalent
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- Vasileequivalent
- Vasilyequivalent
- Wasylequivalent
- Vassiliosequivalent
- Vasilequivalent
- Wassilequivalent
- Pasiequivalent
- Bazyliequivalent
- Васильequivalent
- Vasylequivalent
- Basiliequivalent
- Vazulequivalent
- Βασίληςequivalent
- Baziloequivalent
- Bazilijequivalent
- ვასილequivalent
- Basilideequivalent
- Василequivalent
- Василийequivalent
- Васільequivalent
- Wassilyequivalent
- Βασίλειοςroot · Ancient Greek
- Vassilidoublet · Portuguese
People named Basílio
- Basílio do NascimentoRoman Catholic bishop of Baucau, East Timor1950–2021
- Basílio de MoraesBrazilian sprinterborn 1982
- Basílio HortaPortuguese politicianborn 1943
- Basílio TelesPortuguese writer (1856-1923)1866–1923
- Basílio RamosCape Verdean politicianborn 1952
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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