Globally, Wassili (Василий 
, Wassili 
, ვასილი 
) is a widespread masculine forename. The first name Wassili is characteristic of Kazakhstan, where it is a widespread masculine name, Russia, and Moldova, where it is a common boy's name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. Much less frequently, Wassili is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Василий | Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia |
| Wassili | Germany, Netherlands, Morocco, Egypt, France |
| ვასილი | Georgia |
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, Vassily, Vassyl, Vasyl, Vaszil, Vaszilij, Vazul, Wasil, Wasilij, Wassil, Wassily, Wassyl, Wasyl, Βασίλειος, Βασίλης, Базил, Базиле, Базили, Базилий, Базилио, Базило,
Wassili is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Wassili Leontiewitsch Kotschubey , the operatic character in the opera Mazeppa; 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 and Vasili Kuragin , the character from War and Peace, and in many other works.
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wassili anikititsch repnin Russian general, DE (b. 1696) |
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wassili petrowitsch obolenski Russian officer (b. 1780) |
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| wassili alexejewitsch wassiltschikow (b. 1754) |
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| wassili von santi DE (b. 1788) |
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| wassili corwin-krukowski (b. 1800) |
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wassili alexandrowitsch dolgorukow Russian general (1868-1918), DE (b. 1868) |
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| wassili iwanowitsch werbizki Russian missionary, ethnographer, and linguist (b. 1827) |
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| wassili alexandrovitch slepzow (b. 1830) |
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| wassili wassiljewitsch kühner Russian composer, DE (b. 1840) |
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wassili wassiljewitsch kotschubei personal adjutant of the Hetman of All Ukraine Pavlo Skoropadskyi, DE (b. 1892) |
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| wassili leps American conductor, US (b. 1870) |
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| wassili luckhardt German architect, DE (b. 1889) |
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| wassili ponomarjow (b. 1907) |
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| wassili konstantinowitsch denissenko RU (b. 1915) |
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| wassili jewgenjewitsch iwanow DE (b. 1923) |
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