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

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

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)