Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Wassil 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 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wassil through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17
- 17 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 6 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 6 in 1919. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 239 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.
Wassil’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
- Wasilequivalent
- Vasilisequivalent
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- Vasileequivalent
- Vasilyequivalent
- Wasylequivalent
- Vassiliosequivalent
- Vasilequivalent
- Basiliusequivalent
- Pasiequivalent
- Bazyliequivalent
- Васильequivalent
- Vasylequivalent
- Vassiliequivalent
- Basiliequivalent
- Vazulequivalent
- Βασίληςequivalent
- Baziloequivalent
- Bazilijequivalent
- ვასილequivalent
- Basilideequivalent
- Василequivalent
- Βασίλειοςequivalent
- Basílioequivalent
- Василийequivalent
- Wassilyequivalent
- Васільequivalent
Similar names
If you love Wassil, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Webster
“a weaver”
>99% boys
Cyril
“a master or lord”
>99% boys
Wilbur
“one who is willful; a bright man”
>99% boys
Worth
“enclosure”
>99% boys
Lovell
“having a soft spirit” · “resembling a young wolf”
92% boys · 8% girls
Vergil
“the staff-bearer”
>99% boys
Willard
“a resolute and brave man”
>99% boys
Walton
“from the walled town; from the stream town”
>99% boys