Given name
Vaso
“one who is kingly; born to royalty”
Vaso is a variant of Vasilis. One Greek interpretation is “one who is kingly; born to royalty.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Vaso 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
Vaso is a variant of Vasilis. An origin associated with Vasilis is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Vaso is a diminutive of Vasilije.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1925. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vaso through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 5 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 1925. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 186 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.
Vaso’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Vaso is a diminutive of Vasilije. Vaso 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 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Vaso
- Vaso ČubrilovićBosnian Serb politician (1897-1990)
- Vasa PelagićBosnian Serb writer, physician, educator, clergyman, nationalist1838–1899
- Vaso AbashidzeGeorgian theater actor and a founder of a realistic acting tradition in Georgia1854–1926
- Vassiliki VougioukaGreek fencerborn 1986
- Vasso KarantasiouGreek beach volleyball playerborn 1973
- Vaso GodziashviliGeorgian actor (1905-1976)
- Vaso Jovanović1915–2013
- Vasso DevetziGreek pianist (1927-1987)
- Vaso Butozan1902–1974
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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