Basil Forename
7,581st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 137,934 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Bahamas
Basil Forename Definition:
A male name. Greek βασίλειος ‘kingly’, the name of one of the great doctors of the Greek Church, St Basil the Great (329— 79), brother of St Gregory. The name has always been more common in the East than in the West, but it is found in England from the end of the 12th C.
Read More About This ForenameBasil Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 29,886 | 1:5,941 | 908 |
| United States | 100% | 14,691 | 1:24,677 | 1,859 |
| India | 100% | 10,651 | 1:114,062 | 13,449 |
| South Africa | 100% | 10,641 | 1:5,125 | 967 |
| Sudan | 100% | 10,511 | 1:3,597 | 594 |
| England | 100% | 6,068 | 1:9,163 | 751 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 5,882 | 1:12,551 | 1,189 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 5,595 | 1:5,507 | 870 |
| Jamaica | - | 4,394 | 1:656 | 164 |
| Kenya | 100% | 3,931 | 1:11,780 | 1,416 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 3,697 | 1:14,279 | 1,640 |
| Canada | 100% | 3,527 | 1:9,394 | 1,122 |
| Uganda | 100% | 3,091 | 1:13,250 | 1,220 |
| Philippines | 98% | 2,772 | 1:38,243 | 3,085 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,718 | 1:7,652 | 1,215 |
| Egypt | 98% | 1,605 | 1:57,259 | 3,134 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,517 | 1:17,789 | 1,410 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1,412 | 1:15,305 | 1,533 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 1,303 | 1:11,837 | 1,519 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 1,125 | 1:7,247 | 756 |
| Australia | - | 1,028 | 1:13,286 | 1,104 |
| Bahamas | - | 823 | 1:485 | 106 |
| New Zealand | - | 818 | 1:5,545 | 747 |
| Togo | - | 659 | 1:10,985 | 1,550 |
| Zambia | - | 565 | 1:28,062 | 2,156 |
| Kuwait | - | 551 | 1:6,870 | 854 |
| Oman | - | 507 | 1:8,104 | 1,027 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 476 | 1:63,970 | 5,001 |
| Bahrain | - | 414 | 1:3,258 | 522 |
| Ireland | 100% | 403 | 1:11,522 | 763 |
| Iraq | - | 401 | 1:87,326 | 2,278 |
| Guyana | 100% | 391 | 1:1,952 | 370 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 367 | 1:22,380 | 1,499 |
| Benin | 100% | 358 | 1:29,541 | 2,778 |
| Wales | 100% | 306 | 1:10,112 | 815 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 295 | 1:1,969 | 349 |
| Poland | 100% | 283 | 1:134,371 | 2,707 |
| Barbados | - | 250 | 1:1,159 | 271 |
| Vanuatu | - | 239 | 1:1,095 | 315 |
| Germany | 100% | 205 | 1:471,599 | 5,116 |
| Greece | 100% | 202 | 1:54,131 | 1,842 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 187 | 1:1,039,346 | 18,070 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 174 | 1:10,593 | 780 |
| Malawi | 100% | 169 | 1:101,256 | 5,457 |
| Qatar | 100% | 169 | 1:14,021 | 2,196 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 146 | 1:9,325 | 1,400 |
| Scotland | 100% | 141 | 1:37,946 | 1,360 |
| Jordan | 88% | 125 | 1:70,614 | 1,785 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Sweden | 100% | 113 | 1:87,238 | 3,908 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 110 | 1:153,655 | 6,549 |
| Russia | 99% | 105 | 1:1,373,654 | 10,567 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 77 | 1:392,232 | 11,391 |
| Brazil | 100% | 71 | 1:3,017,411 | 55,724 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 70 | 1:102,171 | 8,224 |
| France | 100% | 69 | 1:963,338 | 7,689 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 69 | 1:1,617 | 303 |
| Singapore | 100% | 65 | 1:96,724 | 7,368 |
| Thailand | 100% | 61 | 1:1,148,620 | 39,695 |
| Belize | 100% | 57 | 1:6,216 | 1,150 |
| Afghanistan | 58% | 56 | 1:582,563 | 9,071 |
| Grenada | 100% | 54 | 1:2,002 | 424 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 54 | 1:1,016 | 220 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 52 | 1:1,782 | 417 |
| Belgium | 100% | 48 | 1:239,376 | 5,403 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 47 | 1:2,335 | 470 |
| China | - | 44 | 1:31,046,722 | 61,111 |
| Botswana | 100% | 42 | 1:52,011 | 4,968 |
| Jersey | - | 42 | 1:2,380 | 401 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 41 | 1:6,291,797 | 232,044 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 37 | 1:496,742 | 16,963 |
| Syria | - | 35 | 1:551,602 | 2,875 |
| Hong Kong | - | 34 | 1:228,021 | 3,365 |
| Israel | 100% | 34 | 1:247,145 | 6,887 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 34 | 1:678,704 | 22,876 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 32 | 1:3,106 | 634 |
| Denmark | - | 31 | 1:182,242 | 4,200 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 30 | 1:187,586 | 4,192 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 30 | 1:792,323 | 34,623 |
| Austria | 100% | 28 | 1:304,079 | 3,613 |
| Palestine | 100% | 23 | 1:197,829 | 2,351 |
| Turkey | 100% | 22 | 1:3,536,441 | 18,981 |
| Italy | 100% | 20 | 1:3,053,104 | 18,341 |
| Spain | 100% | 20 | 1:2,326,498 | 12,382 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 17 | 1:1,838 | 426 |
| Nepal | 55% | 16 | 1:1,780,460 | 29,749 |
| Norway | 100% | 16 | 1:320,771 | 6,812 |
| Georgia | 100% | 15 | 1:249,231 | 6,179 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 14 | 1:4,378 | 794 |
| Senegal | 100% | 14 | 1:1,041,525 | 9,505 |
| Finland | 60% | 12 | 1:456,932 | 5,495 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 12 | 1:14,818 | 1,739 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| Panama | 100% | 9 | 1:434,062 | 12,541 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Belarus | 100% | 8 | 1:1,185,298 | 6,117 |
| Ecuador | - | 8 | 1:2,215,865 | 11,918 |
| Japan | - | 8 | 1:15,998,257 | 41,670 |
| Liberia | 100% | 8 | 1:551,508 | 14,444 |
| Mexico | 100% | 8 | 1:15,518,053 | 39,880 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 8 | 1:752,292 | 11,019 |
| Chile | 100% | 7 | 1:2,515,315 | 15,652 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Maldives | 100% | 7 | 1:61,986 | 1,836 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 6 | 1:2,209 | 418 |
| Guinea | - | 6 | 1:1,976,441 | 4,482 |
| South Korea | - | 6 | 1:924,070 | 17,138 |
| Argentina | 80% | 5 | 1:8,554,649 | 17,386 |
| Brunei | - | 5 | 1:83,914 | 1,339 |
| Czechia | 100% | 5 | 1:2,131,232 | 5,044 |
| Haiti | - | 5 | 1:2,145,391 | 20,367 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 5 | 1:407,999 | 22,262 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 5 | 1:7,571 | 562 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 4 | 1:1,191,987 | 12,292 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| Iran | - | 4 | 1:19,624,217 | 40,893 |
| Luxembourg | - | 4 | 1:141,012 | 2,772 |
| Monaco | - | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 4 | 1:1,809,201 | 8,869 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 4 | 1:1,457 | 226 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Congo | 100% | 3 | 1:1,669,735 | 30,542 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 3 | 1:5,915,615 | 32,741 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 67% | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Namibia | - | 3 | 1:801,393 | 11,859 |
| Romania | 100% | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| Ukraine | - | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Niger | 100% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Peru | 100% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Serbia | 100% | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mali | 100% | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Básil (1) are calculated separately.
Basil (16,838) may also be a surname.
Basil Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Greek βασίλειος ‘kingly’, the name of one of the great doctors of the Greek Church, St Basil the Great (329— 79), brother of St Gregory. The name has always been more common in the East than in the West, but it is found in England from the end of the 12th C. The Tractarians revived its use in the 19th C. See also Basilia.
Basilius Curia Regis Rolls 1196. Basil Hundred Rolls 1273. Basill Records of St. Mary at Hill, 1420-1559 (E.E.T.S. 125-8) Registers 1486.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
In Greek, ‘a King’ (βασιλεύς, basileus), or perhaps it may derive from the adjective ‘kingly’ (βασιλείος, basileios),—this is not a majestic but a dignified, though friendly name. It is famous in Church history: especially on account of Basil the Great, noted bishop (C14), acute commentator on the Bible, and marvellous orator: all his activities, all his virtues and abilities have been worthily described by John Henry Newman.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
From the Greek name βασιλειος, or βασιλιος, from βασιλενς, a king.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Greek (masculine) - King and Queen.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Greek name, meaning: Kingly.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Basil Forename Popularity
Basil Demographics
Basil Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 3,001 (2014)
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Basil Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Basil in the Russian language | ||
| Басил | basil | - |
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