Given name & surname
Vasil
“one who is kingly; born to royalty”
Vasil is a variant of Vasilis. One Greek interpretation is “one who is kingly; born to royalty.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Vasil is a variant of Vasilis. One Greek interpretation is “one who is kingly; born to royalty.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Vasil is a variant of Vasilis. An origin associated with Vasilis is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vasil through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 79
- 79 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1925. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 876 as a first name in 2020; 811 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Vasil’s family of names
In Czech usage, Vasil has a diminutive in Vasilek. In Czech usage, Vasil has a conventional equivalent in the German form Basil. In Czech usage, Vasil has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Basilio.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Vasil has relatives in 13 languages.
13 related names in 13 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 3
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.
- BasilEnglish, German
- Vasiliequivalent
- BasilioItalian
- Vasilijeequivalent
- BasileFrench
- Bazilequivalent
- Wassilequivalent
- Wasilequivalent
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- Vasileequivalent
- Vasilyequivalent
- Wasylequivalent
- Vassiliosequivalent
- Wassilyequivalent
- Vasilijusequivalent
- ΒασίλειοςGreek
- BazyliPolish
- Pasiequivalent
- Васильequivalent
- Vasylequivalent
- Vassiliequivalent
- Basiliequivalent
- Vazulequivalent
- Василійequivalent
- Baziloequivalent
- Bazilijequivalent
- ვასილequivalent
- Basilideequivalent
- Basílioequivalent
- ΒασίληςGreek
- ВасилийRussian
- BasiliusLatin
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Vasil
- Vasil LevskiBulgarian revolutionary (1837–1873)
- Vasil BykaŭBelarusian writer (1924–2003)
- AzisBulgarian singerborn 1978
- Vasil KolarovBulgarian politician (1877—1950)
- Vasil GarvanlievMacedonian singerborn 1984
- Vasil Kiryienkaracing cyclistborn 1981
- Vasil RadoslavovPrime Minister of Bulgaria (1854-1929)
- Vasil MzhavanadzeFirst Secretary of the Communist Party of the Georgian SSR (1902-1988)
- Vasiľ BiľakCzechoslovak member of Slovak National Council, member of Czechoslovak parliament, member of Czechoslovak national parliament and Russian nation politician (1917-2014)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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