Given name
Vasyl
“one who is kingly; born to royalty”
Vasyl is a variant of Vasilis. One Greek interpretation is “one who is kingly; born to royalty.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Vasyl 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
Vasyl is a variant of Vasilis. An origin associated with Vasilis is Greek.
Explained through its name family
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 32
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Basilequivalent
- Vasiliequivalent
- Basilioequivalent
- Bazilequivalent
- Basileequivalent
- Vasilijeequivalent
- Vasileequivalent
- Vasilyequivalent
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- Wasylequivalent
- Vassiliosequivalent
- Vasilequivalent
- Wassilequivalent
- Wasilequivalent
- Vassiliequivalent
- Basiliequivalent
- Βασίληςequivalent
- Vazulequivalent
- Василійequivalent
- Bazilijequivalent
- Baziloequivalent
- ვასილequivalent
- Basilideequivalent
- Василequivalent
- Βασίλειοςequivalent
- Basílioequivalent
- Василийequivalent
- Васільequivalent
- Wassilyequivalent
- Basiliusequivalent
- Pasiequivalent
- Bazyliequivalent
- Васильequivalent
People named Vasyl
- Vasyl IvanchukUkrainian chess playerborn 1969
- Vasyl StusUkrainian poet, publicist and dissident (1938–1985)
- Vasiliy LomachenkoUkrainian boxerborn 1988
- Vasyl SukhomlynskyUkrainian educationalist (1918–1970)
- Vasyl SlipakUkrainian opera singer1974–2016
- Vasyl StefanykUkrainian writer (1871–1936)
- Vasyl RatsSoviet and Hungarian association football playerborn 1961
- Vasyl KrychevskyUkrainian artist (1872-1952)1873–1952
- Vasyl SymonenkoUkrainian poet (1935–1963)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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