Vasilije
Vasilije is a South Slavic masculine given name, a variant of Greek given name Vassilios ("Basil"). It may refer to:Vasilije, Serbian Patriarch, Serbian cleric born Vasilije Jovanović-Brkić Vasilije Calasan, French racing driver Vasa Čarapić (1768–1806), Serbian voivode Vasa Jovanović (1874–1970), Serbian lawyer, politician, founder of the Chetnik movement and a founding member of the League of…
- Serbian
Meaning & Origin of Vasilije
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Vasilije is a South Slavic masculine given name, a variant of Greek given name Vassilios ("Basil"). It may refer to:Vasilije, Serbian Patriarch, Serbian cleric born Vasilije Jovanović-Brkić Vasilije Calasan, French racing driver Vasa Čarapić (1768–1806), Serbian voivode Vasa Jovanović (1874–1970), Serbian lawyer, politician, founder of the Chetnik movement and a founding member of the League of…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Serbian
The Story of Vasilije
Vasilije first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2012, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2023: 7 births, good for #9,752 nationwide. About 56% of every Vasilije on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Vasilije last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 36 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Vasilije
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About the name Vasilije
Vasilije is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2012 and has accumulated 36 births in the dataset. Vasilije's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #9,752. Use the chart and map above to compare Vasilije's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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