Vasiliki

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Vasiliki

Say it: va-see-LEE-kee

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Meaning

From Greek basilikē 'royal', the feminine of Vasilios.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Noble

One of the most common women's names in modern Greece.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

010203018801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1976per million babies of that sex
  • 1,171 babies given this name since 1920
  • At its height in 1976, about 1 in 41,900 girls
  • 8 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
  2. The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
  3. Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
  4. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

Greek

The family of the name

Other spellings: Vaso, Vasilikí, Vicky

GreekVasiliki

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Where this comes from

  • National birth statistics of European countries source
  • Calendars of saints and name days
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

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