Basilia Forename
Approximately 69,380 people bear this name
Basilia Forename Definition:
A female name. f. of Greek βασίλειος ‘kingly'. Now obsolete, but very common in England and France in the 12th and 13th C. It may be a f. form of the name Basil, formed at a comparatively late date, or may have been taken from the name of an early Saint Basilla; but as Basil was at no time a common name in the West, and as St Basilla was a very obscure saint whose cult was never of any great importance, the popularity of Basilia remains something of a mystery.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 100% | 12,323 | 1:2,580 | 479 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 10,394 | 1:1,020 | 249 |
| Mexico | 100% | 9,926 | 1:12,507 | 984 |
| Philippines | 99% | 7,684 | 1:13,796 | 1,677 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 4,108 | 1:1,762 | 398 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 3,439 | 1:4,684 | 591 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3,424 | 1:12,492 | 735 |
| Spain | 100% | 2,363 | 1:19,691 | 1,167 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,964 | 1:109,082 | 5,892 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,835 | 1:5,685 | 806 |
| United States | 100% | 1,459 | 1:248,483 | 8,245 |
| Cuba | - | 1,452 | 1:7,925 | 688 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1,173 | 1:40,732 | 2,040 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 1,153 | 1:154,002 | 7,347 |
| Panama | 100% | 956 | 1:4,086 | 743 |
| Honduras | 100% | 826 | 1:10,675 | 1,050 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 720 | 1:41,947 | 2,653 |
| Benin | 100% | 594 | 1:17,804 | 1,987 |
| El Salvador | - | 431 | 1:14,714 | 905 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 425 | 1:14,161 | 1,260 |
| Indonesia | - | 417 | 1:618,618 | 43,904 |
| Italy | 100% | 367 | 1:166,382 | 2,536 |
| Chile | 100% | 323 | 1:54,511 | 1,882 |
| Namibia | - | 250 | 1:9,617 | 1,189 |
| Belize | 100% | 155 | 1:2,286 | 523 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 148 | 1:23,160 | 1,189 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 117 | 1:69,678 | 6,626 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 111 | 1:138,953 | 9,280 |
| Congo | 82% | 109 | 1:45,956 | 3,568 |
| France | 100% | 102 | 1:651,670 | 6,201 |
| India | 100% | 89 | 1:13,650,314 | 368,194 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 80 | 1:59,599 | 2,428 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 70 | 1:8,299 | 871 |
| Ecuador | - | 70 | 1:253,242 | 3,865 |
| DR Congo | 80% | 34 | 1:2,171,400 | 51,388 |
| Canada | 100% | 29 | 1:1,142,530 | 21,573 |
| Germany | 100% | 25 | 1:3,867,115 | 17,280 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 23 | 1:1,033,464 | 39,019 |
| Cape Verde | - | 19 | 1:27,850 | 1,736 |
| Guyana | 100% | 18 | 1:42,403 | 4,175 |
| Tanzania | 80% | 17 | 1:3,105,195 | 23,654 |
| Angola | 100% | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 10 | 1:821,350 | 10,525 |
| England | 100% | 10 | 1:5,560,292 | 48,776 |
| Uganda | 100% | 9 | 1:4,550,769 | 42,499 |
| Scotland | 100% | 8 | 1:668,796 | 7,564 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 8 | 1:24,000 | 1,933 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 8 | 1:170,177 | 9,829 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 7 | 1:507,186 | 3,923 |
| Senegal | 100% | 6 | 1:2,430,226 | 14,702 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 6 | 1:29,636 | 2,683 |
| Sweden | 100% | 5 | 1:1,971,581 | 30,505 |
| Australia | - | 5 | 1:2,731,524 | 22,009 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Belgium | 100% | 4 | 1:2,872,510 | 22,632 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 3 | 1:6,126,490 | 60,119 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 3 | 1:5,634,028 | 29,480 |
| Kenya | - | 3 | 1:15,435,703 | 51,312 |
| South Africa | 100% | 2 | 1:27,266,324 | 304,698 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 1 | 1:7,151,993 | 94,323 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Austria | 100% | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Israel | 50% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Czechia | - | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Malaysia | - | 1 | 1:30,449,940 | 373,101 |
The alternate forms: Basília (60) are calculated separately.
Basilia (1,198) may also be a surname.
Basilia Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. f. of Greek βασίλειος ‘kingly'. Now obsolete, but very common in England and France in the 12th and 13th C. It may be a f. form of the name Basil, formed at a comparatively late date, or may have been taken from the name of an early Saint Basilla; but as Basil was at no time a common name in the West, and as St Basilla was a very obscure saint whose cult was never of any great importance, the popularity of Basilia remains something of a mystery. The English form of the name was probably Basil, though the French form Basilie sometimes occurs (cf. Denis, Denise). Basilia occurs only in Latin documents. The surnames Bassil, Bassill, Bazell, Basley, Basely, Bazley, and possibly Beasley and Beazley, are derived from it and testify to its former popularity.
Basilia Curia Regis Rolls 1187-1220 passim, Hundred Rolls 1273 passim. Bassilly Clerkenwell 1665.
User-submitted Reference
It means 'queen' or 'empress', a divine power on earth.
The name comes from a Russian fairy tale featuring Vasilisa the wise.
It is the Russian form of the name Basil (derived from the Greek word βασίλισσα, basilissa).
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