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Vasily
OriginRussian form of Basil, Greek
Meaning"royal"
US RankUnranked
Below 5 births
About Vasily
Vasily is one of many forms of the Greek Basil, all rare in the US.
Pronounced vah-SIL-ee.
As of October 2026, Vasily ranked #14036 in US births in 2023 SSA, peaked at #6317 in 2018.
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- Vasily Alekseyev
Soviet weightlifter
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Soviet Navy officer
- Vasily Chapayev
Russian Army commander
- Vasily Chuikov
Soviet marschal
- Vasily Degtyaryov
Russian weapons designer and Major General
- Vasily Dzhugashvili
son of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin
- Vasily Grossman (1905–1964)
Soviet writer and journalist
- Vasily Karatygin (1802–1880)
Russian actor
- Vasily Livanov (born 1935)
Russian actor and screenwriter
- Vasily Lobanov (born 1947)
Russian composer and pianist
- Vasily Nezabitovsky (1824–1883)
Ukrainian jurist
- Vasily Petrenko (born 1976)
Russian conductor
- Vasily Seseman (1884–1963)
Russian and Lithuanian philosopher
- Vasily Smyslov (1921–2010)
Soviet chess player
- Vasily Tsibliyev (born 1954)
Russian cosmonaut
Vasily in pop culture
- Vasiliy Fet
main character in "The Strain" books/TV series
- Vasily Lantsov
grishaverse
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