Given name & surname

Vassili

“king”

Vassili is a masculine given name from Russian. It is used in Portuguese and Estonian.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Vassili means “king.”

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Where it comes from

Vassili comes from Russian.

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How it developed

From Russian Васи́лий.

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Vassili’s family of names

In Portuguese usage, Vassili shares an earlier linguistic root with Basílio. In Portuguese usage, Vassili has a conventional equivalent in the English form Vasily. In Portuguese usage, Vassili has a related form in Vasili.

Walk Vassili’s family in the name graph

VassiliВасиΒασσίληVasiliVassilliBasilBasilioVasileVassiliosVasilVasilyVasilisVasylBazilBasileVasilijeWasylWasilPasiWassilBasiliVazulBasilideWassilyBasiliusBazyliΒασίληςBazilijВасил

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Vassili has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Russian roots to each of them.

PortugueseRussian

4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

People named Vassili

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Vassili, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Ancient Greek · Royal

Vasilijus

“of the king, kingly, royal”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Slavic · Royal

László

László is a masculine given name from Slavic. It is used in Hungarian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Ukrainian · Royal

Korol

“king”

No U.S. birth series

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Ukrainian · Royal

Manko

“a king”

No U.S. birth series

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Russian · Royal

Վասիլի

“royal” · “of the royal family; a kingly man”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Polish · Royal

Melchior

“the king of the city”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Royal

Vasílij

“of the king, kingly, royal”

No U.S. birth series

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Royal

Vasílka

“of the king, kingly, royal”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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