Given name
Vasilije
“one who is kingly; born to royalty”
Vasilije is a variant of Vasilis. One Greek interpretation is “one who is kingly; born to royalty.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Vasilije 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
Vasilije is a variant of Vasilis. An origin associated with Vasilis is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Vasilije developed from Βασίλειος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2012. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vasilije through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 42
- 42 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,899 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,899 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Vasilije’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Vasilije has a diminutive in Vaso. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Vasilije shares an earlier linguistic root with BOSILJKO. Vasilije has a related form in Vasilis.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 33
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Basilequivalent
- Vasiliequivalent
- Basilioequivalent
- Bazilequivalent
- Basileequivalent
- Wassilequivalent
- Wasilequivalent
- Vasileequivalent
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- Vasilyequivalent
- Wasylequivalent
- Vassiliosequivalent
- Vasilequivalent
- Василијеequivalent
- Васільequivalent
- Wassilyequivalent
- Basiliusequivalent
- Pasiequivalent
- Bazyliequivalent
- Васильequivalent
- Vasylequivalent
- Vassiliequivalent
- Basiliequivalent
- Vazulequivalent
- Βασίληςequivalent
- Baziloequivalent
- Bazilijequivalent
- ვასილequivalent
- Basilideequivalent
- Василequivalent
- Basílioequivalent
- Василийequivalent
- Bosiljkodoublet · Serbo-Croatian
- Βασίλειοςroot · Ancient Greek
People named Vasilije
- Vasilije MicićSerbian basketball player (born 1994)
- Vasilije KostovSerbian footballerborn 2008
- Vasilije PetrovićMontenegrin metropolitan1709–1766
- Vasilije ŠijakovićMontenegrin footballer (1929-2003)
- Vasilije KačavendaSerbian Orthodox bishopborn 1938
- Vasilije MokranjacSerbian composer (1923–1984)
- Vasilije MarkovićAustrian footballerborn 2008
- Vasilije KrestićSerbian historianborn 1932
- Vasilije JanjičićSwiss association football playerborn 1998
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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