Around the world, Wassil (Васил 
, Wassil 
, Васіль 
) is a common boy's first name. The first name Wassil is habitual in Bulgaria, where it is a widespread male name, Belarus, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and Algeria, where it is quite a rare dominantly boy's, but infrequently girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Eastern Europe, particularly Bulgaria, Russia, and Belarus. Likewise, Wassil is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Васил | Kazakhstan, Armenia, Russia, Belarus, Bulgaria |
| Wassil | Indonesia, Morocco, Algeria, United States, France |
| Васіль | Ukraine, Belarus |
| Левський | Ukraine |
Basil, Basile, Basileios, Basili, Basilide, Basilio, Basilius, Basílio, Bazil, Bazilij, Bazilo, Bazyli, Pasi, Vasil, Vasil', Vasile, Vasileios, Vasili, Vasilii, Vasilij, Vasilije, Vasilios, Vasilis, Vasiliy, Vasily, Vassil, Vassileios, Vassili, Vassilios, Vassilis, Vassyl, Vasyl, Vaszil, Vaszilij, Vazul, Wasil, Wasilij, Wassili, Wassily, Wassyl, Wasyl, Βασίλειος, Βασίλης, Базил, Базиле, Базили, Базилий, Базилио, Базило, Базилій,
Wassil is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Vasili Kuragin , the character from War and Peace; Vasily Denisov , the character from War and Peace; Vasily Karpov , the fictional character from 2016 film 'Captain America: Civil War'; Василий Тёркин , the character of Tvardovskiy's poems, Vasili Tyorkin and Vasil Nikolov , character in Undercover, among other works.