Given name
Vasily
“one who is kingly; born to royalty”
Vasily is a variant of Vasilis. One Greek interpretation is “one who is kingly; born to royalty.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Vasily 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
Vasily 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 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vasily through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 113
- 113 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −75%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 785 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Vasily’s family of names
In English usage, Vasily shares an earlier linguistic root with Basil. In Portuguese usage, Vasily has a related form in Vasili. In English usage, Vasily has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Vasili.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Vasily has relatives in 11 languages.
17 related names in 11 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 40
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Basildoublet · English
- Basilioequivalent
- Basileequivalent
- Vasilijeequivalent
- Bazilequivalent
- Vassiliosequivalent
- Vasilequivalent
- Wassilequivalent
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- WasylPolish
- Wasilequivalent
- Vasileequivalent
- Bazilijequivalent
- ვასილequivalent
- Basilideequivalent
- Василequivalent
- Basílioequivalent
- Васільequivalent
- Wassilyequivalent
- ВасилийRussian
- ΒασίλειοςGreek
- Basiliusequivalent
- Pasiequivalent
- Bazyliequivalent
- Васильequivalent
- Vasylequivalent
- Basiliequivalent
- Vazulequivalent
- Vasjaequivalent
- Baziloequivalent
- Бааскаsah
- Баһылайsah
- БэчелийTatar
- VasilijSwedish
- Васи́лийRussian
- VassiliPortuguese
- БәзілKazakh
- ΒασίληςGreek
- Ваҫҫукcv
- Ваҫлейcv
- ՎասիլիArmenian
People named Vasily
- Wassily Kandinskyavant-garde painter of Russian origin (1866-1944)
- Vasily ZhukovskyRussian poet (1783-1852)
- Wassily LeontiefRussian economist (1906-1999)
- Vasily SmyslovSoviet chess grandmaster (1921–2010)
- Vasily ChuikovSoviet marshal (1900–1982)
- Vasili IV of RussiaTsar of Russia (1606–1610)1552–1612
- Vasily VereshchaginRussian painter (1842-1904)
- Vasily ZaitsevSoviet sniper (1915-1991)
- Vasily ShukshinSoviet actor, writer, screenwriter and film director (1929-1974)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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