Around the globe, باسيلي (Basile 
, Basili 
, Bassily 
) is a common primarily masculine, but very seldom female given name. The first name باسيلي is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Cameroon, where it is quite a common male name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare principally male, but very seldom girly name, and the Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare male name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ethiopia. Also, باسيلي is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Basile | Italy, United States, Argentina, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Basili | Italy, Egypt, United States, Argentina, France |
| Bassily | Egypt, Australia, United States, France, Brazil |
| باسيلي | Egypt |
باسيلي is also a 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 Fawlty , the fictional character in the British comedy series Fawlty Towers and Basile , among other works.