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    The first name Vasily

    A boy’s name.

    3 syllables Male

    Meaning and origin

    From Bulgarian and Russian Васи́лий (Vasílij). Doublet of Basil.

    From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    Popularity in the United States

    Babies named Vasily at birth, 1880–2025

    In 2023, 5 boys born in the United States were named Vasily, the 14,046th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 2018, when 14 were.

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    113
    babies named Vasily since 1880
    #14,046
    rank in 2023
    2018
    peak year

    US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

    Vasily in other languages

    Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary

    Վասիլի
    Vasili
    Armenian
    瓦西里
    Wǎxīlǐ
    Chinese
    Βασίλειος
    Vasíleios
    Greek, also Βασίλης
    Vassili
    Portuguese, also Vasili
    Васи́лий
    Vasílij
    Russian
    Vasilij
    Swedish

    Nicknames and spellings

    Other spellings and forms

    • Vasili
    • Vasilii

    Famous people named Vasily

    25 on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Vasily Radlov
      German-born Russian turkologist and ethnographer (1837-1918)
    • Vasily Rudenkov
      Athletics competitor (1931–1982)
    • Vasily Pavlovich Rochev
      Cross-country skier, born 1951
    • Vasily Shaptsiaboi
      Belarusian biathlete, born 1979
    • Vasily Gorbunov
      Erzyan literary critic, pedagogue, writer, 1914–1983
    • Vasily Kosyakov
      Architect (1862–1921)
    • Vasily Berkov
      Director Admiralty-Shipyard of Saint Petersburg, Russia, Counter-Admiral, shipbuilder, lin, 1794–1870
    • Vasily Koptsov
      Georgian military personnel, 1904–1943
    • Vasily Yao
      Chinese Orthodox Church, 1888–1962
    • Vasily Sokolov
      Footballer and manager (1912-1981)
    • Wassily Kandinsky
      Avant-garde painter of Russian origin (1866-1944)
    • Basil of Trebizond
      Emperor of Trebizond, 1315–1340

    Questions

    What does the name Vasily mean?
    From Bulgarian and Russian Васи́лий (Vasílij). Doublet of Basil.
    Is Vasily a boy's or a girl's name?
    Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 113 US babies named Vasily since 1880 were boys.
    When was Vasily most popular?
    2018 in the United States, when 14 babies were named Vasily, its highest rank at 6,318th.
    What are other spellings of Vasily?
    Vasili and Vasilii.