Basil

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Basil

Name of several early saints, particularly in the Orthodox Church, from Latin Basilius, from Ancient Greek Βασίλειος (Basíleios). Doublet of Vasilios.

Basil

A male given name from Ancient Greek, in quiet but steady use in the UK.
- 1866, Eliza Tabor Stephenson, Hester's Sacrifice, volume II, Hust and Blackett, page 28:
  "Nonsense. I'm sure he can't have grey hair with such a pretty name as that. Basil Brooke, Basil Brooke," and May chanted the name over and over in her girlish, musical voice. "It sounds like all sorts of pleasant pictures. - -

male given name

Albanian: Vasili m
Arabic: فاسيلي
Armenian: Բարսեղ (Barseġ), Վասիլ (Vasil)
Asturian: Basiliu (ast) m
Belarusian: Васі́ль m (Vasílʹ)
Bulgarian: Василий m (Vasilij)
Catalan: Basili m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 巴茲爾／巴兹尔 (Bāzī'ěr), 巴西爾／巴西尔 (Bāxī'ěr)
Chuvash: Ваҫлей (Vaślej)
Czech: Vasil (cs) m
Finnish: Pasi (fi)
French: Basile (fr) m
Galician: Basilio (gl) m
Georgian: ვასილ (vasil)
Greek: Βασίλειος (el) m (Vasíleios)
Hebrew: וסילי m
Hungarian: Bazil (hu), Vazul (hu), Vászoly (hu)
Italian: Basilio (it) m
Japanese: バジル (Bajiru)
Kazakh: Бәзіл (Bäzıl)
Korean: 바실리 (basilli)
Latin: Basilius
Latvian: Basilijs m
Macedonian: Васил m (Vasil)
Occitan: Basili m, Bausilha m
Polish: Bazyli (pl) m
Portuguese: Basílio (pt) m
Romanian: Vasile (ro) m
Russian: Васи́лий (ru) m (Vasílij) (cognate), Бэ́зил m (Bɛ́zil) (transliteration)
Serbo-Croatian: Bazilije m, Василије m
Slovak: Vasil m
Slovene: Bazilij m
Spanish: Basilio (es) m
Ukrainian: Васи́ль m (Vasýlʹ) (cognate)
Yiddish: וואַסילי (vasili)