Vasyl

The name Basil (royal, kingly) comes from the male Greek name Vassilios (Greek: Βασίλειος, female version Bασιλική), which first appeared during the Hellenistic period. It is derived from "basileus" (Greek: βασιλεύς), a Greek word of pre-Hellenic origin meaning "king", from which words such as basilica and basilisk (via Latin) as well as the eponymous herb (via Old French) derive, and the name of the Italian region Basilicata, which had been long under the rule of the Byzantine Emperor (also called basileus).
It was brought to England by the Crusaders, having been common in the eastern Mediterranean. It is more often used in Britain and Europe than in the US and is also the name of a common herb.
In Arabic, Bas(s)el (باسل, bāsil) is a name for boys that means "brave, fearless, intrepid". It is derived from the B-S-L root.
Different derived names in different languages include Basile in French; Basilius in German; Basilio in Italian, Galician and Spanish; Basileo in Galician; Vasile in Romanian; Vasil in Bulgarian; Vasilije in Serbian; Vasily in Russian; Bazil, Bazsó, Vászoly and Vazul in Hungarian.
"Basil" has over 50 variants, among them being: Bacile, Bas(s)el, Basley, Baseley, Bas(s)il(l), Basilic, Basilides, Basileios, Basileo, Basile, Basilie, Basilio, Basilius, Basilone, Bazeel, Bazeelius, Bazley, Bazeley, Bazell, Bazelle, Bazil, Bazyli, Breasal, Pasi, Vasil, Vasyl, Vasile, Vaseleos, Vasilchenko, Vasileos, Vasilije, Vasilj, Vasko, Vasa, Vaso, Vasović, Vas(s)ilios, Vasilius, Vasilus, Vassilis, Vasili, Vassili, Vasiliy, Vassilij, Vassily, Wassily, and Wasilewski.

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Kingly, royal, regal.

Bacile, Vasilj, Basileios, Baseley, Basil, Basilios, Basilone

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Vasyl Lomachenko	1988	A Ukrainian professional boxer
2	Vasyl Virastyuk	1974	Ukrainian strongman
3	Vasyl Slipak	1974	Ukrainian opera singer
4	Vasyl Stus	1938	Ukrainian poet and publicist
5	Vasyl Kobin	1985	Ukrainian footballer
6	Vasyl Rats	1961	Ukrainian footballer
7	Vasyl Pryima	1991	Footballer
8	Vasyl Lishchynskyi	1964	Paralympic athlete of Ukraine
9	Vasyl Symonenko	1935	Ukrainian poet
10	Vasyl Sukhomlynsky	1918	Ukrainian educationaliost
11	Vasyl Kuk	1913	Ukrainian revolutioanry
12	Vasyl Velychkovsky	1903	Ukrainian bishop
13	Vasyl Makukh	1927
14	Vasyl Avramenko	1895	Ukrainian dancer
15	Vasyl Hrytsak	1967	Head of the Service
16	Vasyl Durdynets	1937	Ukrainian politician
17	Vasyl Stefanyk	1871	Ukrainian writer
18	Vasyl Mudry	1893	Polish politician
19	Vasyl Krychevsky	1872	Ukrainian artist
20	Vasyl Fedoryshyn	1981	Olympic wrestler
21	Vasyl Kravets	1997	Ukrainian association football player
22	Vasyl Sachko	1975	Footballer
23	Vasyl Kochubey	1640	Ukrainian nobleman
24	Vasyl Tsushko	1963	Politician and Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
25	Vasyl Yevseyev	1962	Footballer
26	Vasyl Yermylov	1894	Ukrainian artist
27	Vasyl Barka	1908	Ukrainian writer
28	Vasyl Kuybida	1958	Ukrainian politician
29	Vasyl Barvinsky	1888	Soviet Ukrainian composer
30	Vasyl Matviychuk	1982	Ukrainian marathon runner
31	Vasyl Dzharty	1958	Ukrainian politician
32	Vasyl Lazarovych	1981	Ukrainian singer and performer
33	Vasyl Khmelnytsky	1966	Ukrainian businessman
34	Vasyl Yemetz	1890	Ukrainian composer
35	Vasyl Baranov	1979	Footballer
36	Vasyl Yurchenko	1950	Ukrainian canoeist
37	Vasyl Zinkevych	1945	Ukrainian actor/singer
38	Vasyl Herasymenko	1900
39	Vasyl Semeniuk	1949
40	Vasyl Lypkivsky	1864	The first Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine
41	Vasyl Vasyltsiv	1987	Ukrainian singer
42	Vasyl Makhno	1964	Poet
43	Vasyl Shkliar	1951	Ukrainian author
44	Vasyl Volha	1968	Ukrainian politician
45	Vasyl Klymentyev	1943	Ukrainian journalist
46	Vasyl Shved	1971	Footballer
47	Vasyl Stankovych	1946	Fencer
48	Vasyl Arkhypenko	1957	Ukrainian hurdler
49	Vasyl Kardash	1973	Footballer
50	Vasyl Humenyuk	1946	Ukrainian politician
51	Vasyl Storchak	1965	Footballer
52	Vasyl Hrytsuk	1987	Footballer
53	Vasyl Zolotarenko		Ukrainian cossack
54	Vasyl Ellan-Blakytny	1893	Russian writer and journalist (1894-1925)
55	Vasyl Sydor	1910	Ukrainian army commander
56	Vasyl Shevchenko	1888	Ukrainian musician
57	Vasyl Shtander	1996	Ukrainian association football player
58	Vasyl Zubanych	1983	Hero of Ukraine
59	Vasyl Ovchynnikov		Ukrainian musician
60	Vasyl Shuptar	1991
61	Vasyl Holoborodko	1945	Ukrainian poet
62	Vasyl Verkhovynets	1880	Ukrainian ethnographer
63	Vassili Kassian	1896	Poster artist (1896-1976)
64	Vasyl Ishchak	1955	Footballer
65	Vasyl Symchych	1915	Ukrainian actor
66	Vasyl Rachyba	1982	Olympic wrestler
67	Vasyl Bilozersky	1825	Russian journalist (1825-1899)
68	Vasyl Novohatskyi	1974	Footballer
69	Vasyl A. Tarasenko	1907	Ukrainian diplomat
70	Vasyl Shpuk	1989	Footballer
71	Wassyl Jakowlew	1972	Ukrainian track cyclist and bicycle racer
72	Vasyl Kovalchuk	1973	Paralympic sports shooter
73	Vasyl Vovkun	1957	Ukrainian actor
74	Vasyl Filipchuk	1971	Ukrainian diplomat
75	Vasyl Klimov	1986	Footballer
76	Vasyl Mazur	1970	Footballer
77	Chuchupak Vasyl Stepanovych	1895
78	Vasyl Ponikarov	1929
79	Vasyl Shevchuk	1954	Ukrainian politician
80	Vasyl Paneiko	1883	Ukrainian diplomat
81	Vasyl Rohovyi	1953	Ukrainian politician
82	Vasyl Yanitskyi
83	Chubak Vasyl Volodymyrovich
84	Vasyl Kostyuk	1989	Footballer
85	Vasyl Ivehesh	1961	Footballer, football manager
86	Vasyl Grytsak	1961
87	Vasyl Stolyar	1962	Ukrainian businessman
88	Vasyl Koval	1988	Ukrainian sportsperson
89	Vasyl Telychuk	1992	Ukrainian alpine skier
90	Vasyl Turyanchyk	1935	Soviet association football player
91	Vasyl Malyk	1968
92	Vasyl Popovych	1796
93	Vasyl Ivanytskyi	1991	Ukrainian athletics competitor
94	Vasyl Panasovych Gogol-Yanovsky	1777	Ukrainian noble and writer
95	Vasyl Poraiko	1888
96	Vasyl Polyakov	1893	Soviet Russian politician
97	Vasyl Ustymenko	1953
98	Vasyl Pylypenko	1991
99	Vasyl Melnychuk	1957	Ukrainian football referee
100	Vasyl Hryhorovych-Barskyi	1701
101	Vasyl Bilyi	1990
102	Vasyl Malynivskyi	1992	Cyclist