In the world, Василій (Vasilij 
, Василій 
, Wassili 
) is quite a common male first name. The first name Василій is habitual in Belarus, where it is quite a common male name, Lithuania, where it is quite a rare male name, and Ukraine. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Belarus, Ukraine, and Germany. Much less frequently, Василій is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Vasilij | Germany, Belarus, Latvia, Slovenia, Lithuania |
| Василій | Ukraine |
| Wassili | Germany, Morocco, Egypt, United States, Netherlands |
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Василій 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 Prince Vasily Shein , character in The Bracelet of Garnets, among other works.
| василій UA (b. 1925) |
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| вороновський василій UA (b. 1929) |
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