Vasileios Forename

6,044th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 173,822 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Vasileios Forename User-submission:

From the Greek basileios, shortened from Vasilii, a Bulgarian and Russian name (Васил, Василий). It literally means 'king', 'emperor', 'honored person', 'leader'.

Vasileios Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece
100%
172,2161:6312
England
100%
3001:185,3435,612
Germany
100%
2601:371,8384,415
Poland
100%
1881:202,2723,614
United States
100%
1761:2,059,86934,033
Sweden
100%
1671:59,0292,960
Netherlands
100%
941:179,8097,111
Cyprus
100%
761:11,462961
Belgium
100%
481:239,3765,403
Scotland
88%
 
271:198,1623,518
Thailand
100%
261:2,694,83966,052
Switzerland
100%
261:315,9046,089
Czechia
100%
151:710,4112,940
Italy
100%
141:4,361,57821,991
Brazil-141:15,302,582163,580
Finland
85%
 
131:421,7835,250
United Arab Emirates-111:650,18120,553
Qatar
100%
101:236,96022,379
France
100%
101:6,647,03424,227
Saudi Arabia-91:3,423,61814,711
Egypt-91:10,211,21621,716
Estonia
100%
91:146,1535,307
Gibraltar-91:3,793625
Luxembourg
100%
91:62,6722,160
Norway
100%
81:641,54110,538
Canada
100%
81:4,141,67245,609
Austria
100%
81:1,064,2757,469
Wales-71:442,0445,971
Ecuador-61:2,954,48613,743
Spain-61:7,754,99417,266
Monaco
100%
51:7,6931,062
Albania
100%
41:761,64222,793
Denmark-41:1,412,37415,217
India-31:404,959,3243,244,417
China-21:683,027,89194,999
Australia-21:6,828,81137,569
Turkey-21:38,900,85464,839
South Korea-21:2,772,21027,911
Slovakia-21:2,655,0326,915
Romania-21:10,025,98847,037
Hungary
100%
21:4,895,8864,852
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Croatia-11:4,217,07620,943
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Singapore-11:6,287,05439,645
South Africa
100%
11:54,532,649471,300
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
Bulgaria-11:6,990,39027,036
Brunei-11:419,5703,266
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Malta-11:429,3603,141
Malaysia
100%
11:30,449,940373,101
Ireland-11:4,643,51913,375

Vasileios (488) may also be a surname.

Vasileios Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

From the Greek basileios, shortened from Vasilii, a Bulgarian and Russian name (Васил, Василий). It literally means 'king', 'emperor', 'honored person', 'leader'.

- dobreff

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