Vasilios
Vassilios or Vassileios, also transliterated Vasileios, Vasilios, Vassilis or Vasilis, is a Greek given name, the origin of Basil. In ancient/medieval/Byzantine context, it is also transliterated as Basileios. It is directly descended from the word "King", Greek: Βασιλιάς. It descends from the Greek language.
- Greek
Meaning & Origin of Vasilios
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Vassilios or Vassileios, also transliterated Vasileios, Vasilios, Vassilis or Vasilis, is a Greek given name, the origin of Basil. In ancient/medieval/Byzantine context, it is also transliterated as Basileios. It is directly descended from the word "King", Greek: Βασιλιάς. It descends from the Greek language.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Greek
The Story of Vasilios
Vasilios first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1923, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1975: 45 births, good for #1,280 nationwide. The 1970s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 21% of all recorded Vasilioss. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #6,266 among baby boy names with 14 births, gradually falling (-11%). In total, more than 2K Vasilioss have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1920s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Vasilios
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Vasilios. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Vasilios
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- Vassilis Alexakis , Greek-French writer
- Vassilis Andrianopoulos , Greek footballer
- Vasilis Avlonitis , Greek actor
- Vasilis Avramidis , Greek footballer
- Vasilis Barkas , Greek footballer
- Vasilis Bolanos , ethnic Greek mayor of Himara, Albania
- Vasilios Borbokis , Greek footballer
- Vasilios Dikeakos , Regional Service Lead
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Names that sound like Vasilios
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About the name Vasilios
Vasilios is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1923 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Vasilios's peak popularity came in 1975 when it ranked #1,280. Use the chart and map above to compare Vasilios'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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