Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Wasil isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wasil through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 91
- 91 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 11 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 7 in 1928. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 426 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Wasil’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 32
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Basilequivalent
- Vasiliequivalent
- Basilioequivalent
- Bazilequivalent
- Basileequivalent
- Vasilijeequivalent
- Vasilisequivalent
- Vasileequivalent
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- Vasilyequivalent
- Wasylequivalent
- Vassiliosequivalent
- Vasilequivalent
- Wassilequivalent
- Basiliusequivalent
- Bazyliequivalent
- Pasiequivalent
- Васильequivalent
- Vasylequivalent
- Vassiliequivalent
- Basiliequivalent
- Βασίληςequivalent
- Vazulequivalent
- Bazilijequivalent
- Baziloequivalent
- ვასილequivalent
- Basilideequivalent
- Василequivalent
- Βασίλειοςequivalent
- Basílioequivalent
- Василийequivalent
- Васільequivalent
- Wassilyequivalent
People named Wasil
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Wasil, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Wilbur
“one who is willful; a bright man”
>99% boys
Worth
“enclosure”
>99% boys
Vergil
“the staff-bearer”
>99% boys
Walton
“from the walled town; from the stream town”
>99% boys
Wilber
“one who is willful; a bright man”
>99% boys
Cecil
“one who is blind” · “the sixth-born child”
>99% boys
Cyril
“a master or lord”
>99% boys
Albin
“from the white hill white-” · “from the white hill; whiteskinned”
>99% boys