Vasily name meaning

Gender: Boy
Origin: Old Greek and Arabic
Usage: English and Russian
Pronunciation: v(a)-si-ly
Meaning: Monarch, Brave, King and Basil the Herb
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What does Vasily mean?

Atypical Vasily came from Old Greek is mostly used in English and Russian is used for boys. Vasily is form of widely accepted and conifer Basil. Basil's meaning is Basil the Herb, Royal and The Great has its origin in Old Greek and Arabic.

How do I pronounce Vasily?

The most common way to pronounce three syllabled Vasily is v(a)-si-ly.

Variants of Vasily

Basil, Basileios, Basilius, Baasil, Baseline

Middle Names for Vasily

Ivin, Klye, view more middle names that goes with Vasily

Names that rhyme with Vasily

How popular is the name Vasily?

Vasily is an uncommon baby name in United States, its highest ever rank is 5772 (1978) in its 14 years run on United States naming chart. However things change on global perspective, Vasily is extremely popular in Russia where every 1 in 2000 have the name.

Also the baby name is popular in Belarus, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. At least, 170000 people globally have carried Vasily as their given name according to our estimate.

YearRankBirths
2018600414
201780789
2016121025
2015106156
2014106856
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Facts

Vasily in Nordic countries

CountriesMen
First NameSecondary Name
Netherlands55
Finland1710
Sweden181
Norway1314
Denmark20

Numerological aspects of Vasily

Over-thinking kills. This is your motto. You are good with planning, organizing, and coming up with creative solutions to old problems. It's time you realize that your life success and accomplishments don't depend on other people and their opinion of you but on you and your opinion of yourself. Number 1 reveals your positive attitude and originality. You are the peacemaker in your society. You are influential and use your influence to do great things.

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  •  Andro particulary is used in Slavic and Danish has origin in Old Greek is used as a boy name. Andro is Norwegian form of Androe
  •  Calida - Used largely in Spanish unheard-of, Calida is of Spanish and Old Greek origin, Calida means "Enthusiasm" is aimed at girls
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Famous people named Vasily

  • Vasily Safonov, Russian pianist, teacher, conductor and composer
  • Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer
  • Vasily Lukich Dolgorukov, Russian diplomat and minister
  • Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet
  • Vasily Golovnin, Russian navigator, Vice Admiral
  • Vasily Chichagov, admiral in the Russian Navy and an explorer
  • Vasily Rozanov, was one of the most controversial Russian writers and philosophers of the pre-revolutionary epoch
  • Vasily Andreyevich Dolgorukov, Russian statesman, General of the Cavalry
  • Vasily Lebedev-Kumach, Soviet poet and lyricist
  • Vasily Fesenkov, Soviet Russian astrophysicist
  • Vasily of Kostroma, Grand Duke of Vladimir
  • Vasily Tikhomirov, dancer and a choreographer with the Bolshoi Ballet of Moscow
  • Vasily Karatygin, leading actor of Russian Romanticism
  • Vasily Mate, Russian artist and engraver
  • Vasily Nalimov, Russian philosopher and humanist and wrote on Transpersonal Psychology
  • Vasily Kenel, Russian architect
  • Vasily Kapnist, Russian poet and playwright of Greek origin
  • Vasily Volsky, General of Soviet tank forces
  • Vasily Tarasyuk, member of the State Duma of Russia
  • Vasily Pushkin, minor Russian poet best known as an uncle of the much more famous Alexander Pushkin
  • Vasily Yefanov, Soviet painter and People's Painter of the USSR
  • Vasily Demut-Malinovsky, Russian sculptor whose works represent the quintessence of the Empire style
  • Vasily Narezhny, Russian writer
  • Vasily Vladimirovich Dolgorukov, Russian commander and politician
  • Vasily Zhukov, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and has a Ph
  • Vasily Pashkevich, Russian composer, singer
  • Vasily Maklakov, Russian trial lawyer and liberal parliamentary orator
  • Vasily Lobanov, Russian composer and pianist
  • Vasily Lanskoy, Russian statesman, politician
  • Vasily Rodchev, Russian painter
  • Vasily Bessel, Bessel graduated
  • Vasily Kolotov, Russian weightlifter
  • Vasily Azhayev, Soviet writer, best known as the author of the novel 'Daleko ot Moskvy'
  • Vasily Sadovnikov, Russian painter
  • Vasily Shulgin, Russian conservative monarchist
  • Vasily Kholmsky, Russian boyar and Muscovite voyevoda
  • Vasily Sitnikov, Russian painter
  • Vasily Vasilievsky, Russian historian who founded the St
  • Vasily Abaev, ethnically Ossetian Soviet linguist specializing
  • Vasily Strelnikov, well-known Russian-American New York City-born VJ and DJ most commonly known to the Boomerang Generation as the voice behind MTV Russia
  • Vasily Perovsky, imperial Russian general and statesman
  • Vasily Yakemenko, Russian politician
  • Vasily Dyakonov, governor of Krasnodar Krai
  • Vasily Petrenko, Russian conductor
  • Vasily Panov, Soviet chess player, author, and journalist
  • Vasily Shandybin, Russian politician
  • Vasily Lazarev, Soviet cosmonaut
  • Vasily Dokuchaev, Russian geologist and geographer
  • Vasily Tsibliyev, Russian cosmonaut
  • Vasily Sergeevich Nemchinov, Soviet economist and mathematician
  • Vasily I of Moscow, Grand Prince of Moscow, heir of Dmitry Donskoy
  • Vasily II of Moscow, Grand Prince of Moscow whose long reign was plagued by the greatest civil war of Old Russian history
  • Vasily Alekseyev, Soviet weightlifter
  • Vasily Smyslov, Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster

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