Vasileios

Boy · Greek

Vasileios

Say it: vah-SEE-lee-os

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Meaning

Greek basileios 'royal'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Noble

Name-day is 1 January, when Saint Basil brings gifts in Greek tradition.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

Used by

Greek

The family of the name

Other spellings: Vasilis, Vasos

English	Basil
Romanian	Vasile

Famous bearers

Saint Basil the Great
Basil II, Byzantine emperor

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Where this comes from

Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
Royal and noble genealogies
National birth statistics of European countries source

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