Given name & surname · also Latin
Pasi
“a small or humble man”
In Finnish use, Pasi is a diminutive of Paavo. In Finnish use, Paavo carries the interpretation “a small or humble man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Finnish use, Pasi is a diminutive of Paavo. In Finnish use, Paavo carries the interpretation “a small or humble man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Pasi comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Pasi is a diminutive of Paavo. In Finnish usage, Pasi developed from Βασίλειος.
Pasi’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Pasi is a diminutive of Paavo. In Finnish usage, Pasi shares a linguistic root with the English form Basil. In Finnish usage, Pasi as a surname has a related form in Pasuri.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Pasi has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Pasi comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 32
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Basilcognate · English
- Vasiliequivalent
- Basilioequivalent
- Bazilequivalent
- Basileequivalent
- Vasilijeequivalent
- Vasileequivalent
- Vasilyequivalent
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- Wasylequivalent
- Vassiliosequivalent
- Vasilequivalent
- Wassilequivalent
- Wasilequivalent
- Vasilisequivalent
- Bazyliequivalent
- Васильequivalent
- Vasylequivalent
- Vassiliequivalent
- Basiliequivalent
- Βασίληςequivalent
- Vazulequivalent
- Bazilijequivalent
- Baziloequivalent
- ვასილequivalent
- Basilideequivalent
- Василequivalent
- Basílioequivalent
- Василийequivalent
- Васільequivalent
- Wassilyequivalent
- Basiliusequivalent
- Βασίλειοςroot · Ancient Greek
People named Pasi
- Pasi PuistolaFinnish ice hockey playerborn 1978
- Pasi RautiainenFinnish footballer and football manager (born 1961)
- Pasi NurminenFinnish ice hockey goaltenderborn 1975
- Pasi SormunenFinnish ice hockey playerborn 1970
- Pasi IkonenFinnish orienteer (1980–2024)
- Pasi KuivalainenFinnish ice hockey playerborn 1972
- Pasi KauppinenFinnish bass guitaristborn 1978
- Pasi KytösahoFinnish ski jumperborn 2000
- Pasi TauriainenFinnish association football playerborn 1964
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Pasi, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Pankracy
Pankracy is a given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Polish.
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Pantsu
Pantsu is a surname from Ancient Greek. It is used in Finnish.
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Parfeni
Parfeni is a surname from Russian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Romanian.
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Pankka
Pankka is a surname from Ancient Greek. It is used in Finnish.
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Pankratz
Pankratz is a surname from German, ultimately from Ancient Greek.
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Patapie
“given by Apis or given by Hapi”
>99% boys
Paio
“of the sea”
>99% boys
Palermo
“all” · “port”
82% boys · 18% girls