Given name · also Russian
Vasilijs
Vasilijs is a masculine given name from Russian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latvian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Vasilijs comes from Russian, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Latvian usage, Vasilijs developed from Βασίλειος.
Vasilijs’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Vasilijs shares a linguistic root with the English form Basil. In Latvian usage, Vasilijs developed from the Ancient Greek form Βασίλειος.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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