Vasilisa
The Russian female name Vasilisa is of Greek origin, which means "queen" or "empress". It is the feminine form of Vasily, the Russian form of the name Basil.
Meaning & Origin of Vasilisa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
The Russian female name Vasilisa is of Greek origin, which means "queen" or "empress". It is the feminine form of Vasily, the Russian form of the name Basil.
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The Story of Vasilisa
Vasilisa first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 2006, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2016, when 31 Vasilisas were born — ranking #4,531 that year. As of 2026, Vasilisa ranks #8,603 for baby girls with 11 births, falling sharply (-33%). In total, more than 279 Vasilisas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Vasilisa
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- Vasilisa Bardina (b. 1987), Russian tennis player
- Vasilisa Berzhanskaya , Russian operatic mezzo-soprano
- Vasilisa Davankova , Russian ice dancer
- Vasilisa Davydova , Russian tennis player
- Vasilisa Forbes , Russian film director
- Vasilisa Kozhina , Russian guerilla fighter
- Vasilisa Kuzmina (born 1991), Russian actress
- Vasilisa Marzaliuk , Belarusian wrestler
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About the name Vasilisa
Vasilisa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2006 and has accumulated 279 births in the dataset. Vasilisa's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #4,531. Use the chart and map above to compare Vasilisa'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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