Vasiliy - Meaning of Vasiliy

What does Vasiliy mean?

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Vasiliy

[ syll. va-si-liy, vas-il-iy ] The baby boy name Vasiliy is pronounced as VAESIHLIYY †. Vasiliy is used chiefly in Russian, and its origin is Old Greek and Germanic.

Vasiliy is a variant of the name Basil (Arabic, Czech, English, French, and German) in the Russian language.

Vasiliy is also a variant of the name William (English and French) in the Russian language.

See also the related categories, greek, russian, and germanic (german).

Vasiliy is not popular as a baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names. In 2018, out of the group of boy names directly related to Vasiliy, William was the most frequently used.

Baby names that sound like Vasiliy include Vachell, Vasile, Vasili, Vasily, Vassili, Vassily, Visala, Wasili, Vigilio, Vachel, Vachele, Valee, Valeigh, Valey, Valy, Vaschel, Vasil, Vasyl, Vazul, and Vibol.

† approx English pronunciation for Vasiliy: V as in "vow (V.AW)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; Y as in "you (Y.UW)"