Type Word
Usage Ancient Greek
Related Items
Given Name DescendantsVasil (Albanian) Vasil (Belarusian) Vasil, Vasilka (Bulgarian) Basil (English) Pasi (Finnish) Basile (French) Vasil (Georgian) Vasileia, Vasileios, Vasiliki, Vasilios, Vasilis, Vassiliki, Vassilis (Greek) Basilio (Italian) Basileia, Basileios, Basilissa, Basilius (Late Greek) Vasilijs (Latvian) Vasilijus (Lithuanian) Vasil, Vasilija, Vasilka (Macedonian) Wasyl, Bazyli, Wasylyna (Polish) Vasile, Vasilica (Romanian) Vasili, Vasilisa, Vasiliy, Vasily, Vassily, Wassily, Vasilina (Russian) Vasilija, Vasilije (Serbian) Basilia, Basilio (Spanish) Vasyl, Vasylyna (Ukrainian)
Surname DescendantsVasilev, Vasileva (Bulgarian) Basile (French) Vasileiou, Vasiliou, Vassiliou (Greek) Basile (Italian) Vasiliauskaitė, Vasiliauskas, Vasiliauskienė (Lithuanian) Wasilewska, Wasilewski (Polish) Vasile, Vasilescu (Romanian) Vasiliev, Vasilieva, Vasilyev, Vasilyeva (Russian) Vasylenko, Vasylyshyn (Ukrainian)
Sources & References
- Liddell, Scott and Jones. An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, entry basileu/s, available from https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058%3Aentry%3Dbasileu%2Fs.
Entry updated May 26, 2026