Forename Basil

In all the world, Basil (باسل , Basil , Basile , and others...) is a widespread predominantly masculine, but very infrequently feminine first name. The given name Basil is habitual in Western Asia, particularly Syria, where it is a common masculine name, Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a common predominantly boy's, but very infrequently female name, and Lebanon, where it is quite a common male name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Syria, Nigeria, and Saudi Arabia. Very seldom, Basil is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Basil

name Bezel, name Pasi, name Bacille, name Basìl, name Vasiliy, name باسيل, name Basílio, name Baçil, name Басиль, name Vasil, name Basileios, name Bazil, name Басил, name Vasile, name Vassileios, name Basîl, name בסיל, name Vasilii, name Básil, name Vassil, name Bacil, name باسل, name Vassyl, name Basilius, name Vasilis, name Vasileios, name Vasilj, name Vasilije, name Wasilij, name Basilide, name Basıl, name Bazzle, name Vasil', name Wassil, name Basane, name Vaszil, name Basilio, name Vasilios, name Vassili, name Wassili, name Vazul, name Wasil, name Bâsil, name Vasilij, name Bazilo, name Basil, name Basili, name Vasyl, name Bazillus, name Bazyli, name Vaszilij, name Basile, name Vasily, name Bazilij, name Vassilios, name Vasili, name バジル, name Vassilis

VARIANT	COUNTRY
باسل	Syria, Palestinian Territory, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia
Basile, Basil	India, Cameroon, Italy, United States, Nigeria
باسيل	Syria, Palestinian Territory, Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt
バジル	Japan
Басил	Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Russia
בסיל	Israel
Басиль	Ukraine, Russia

First names said to be same

Bacil, Bacille, Basane, Basileios, Basili, Basilide, Basilio, Basilius, Basìl, Basílio, Basîl, Basıl, Bazil, Bazilij, Bazillus, Bazilo, Bazyli, Bazzle, Baçil, Bezel, Básil, Bâsil, Pasi, Vasil, Vasil', Vasile, Vasileios, Vasili, Vasilii, Vasilij, Vasilije, Vasilios, Vasilis, Vasiliy, Vasilj, Vasily, Vassil, Vassileios, Vassili, Vassilios, Vassilis, Vassyl, Vasyl, Vaszil, Vaszilij, Vazul, Wasil, Wasilij, Wassil, Wassili,

First name Basil in the context

Basil is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Basil , the character from Disney's The Great Mouse Detective; Basil Brush , the Fox puppet from UK children's TV programme; Basil Flack , character in Wizarding World Digital; Basil Hawkins , the fictional character from One Piece and Basil Fawlty , the fictional character in the British comedy series Fawlty Towers, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	basil the elder Roman saint (b. 300)
	basil of seleucia 5th century Roman bishop and ecclesiastical writer (b. 435)
	basil onomagoulos Byzantine official (b. 700)
	basil of emesa (b. 850)
	basil of jerusalem Patriarch lf Jerusalem (b. 840)
	basil the copper hand Byzantine rebel leader active in Bithynia (b. 900)
	basil skleros Byzantine aristocrat and provincial governor (b. 950)
	basil argyros Byzantine nobleman (b. 970)
	basil boioannes Byzantine catapan (b. 1017)
	basil doukas kamateros Byzantine aristocrat and official (b. 1101)
	basil ii of constantinople Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 1101)
	basil ii of bulgaria Patriarch of Bulgaria c. 1246–1263 (b. 1201)
	basil dixwell English Member of Parliament (1585-1642), GB (b. 1585)
	basil feilding of denbigh English diplomat (b. 1608)
	basil brooke British metallurgist (b. 1576)