Vasylyna
A Ukrainian name with Slavic roots, carrying the sense of "royal" or "kingly". Only about 2,000 women in Poland go by it, so meeting one tends to stick in the memory.
Vasylyna Pronunciation
What Vasylyna means
Where Vasylyna comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Vasylyna grows from Slavic ground, a Ukrainian name worn by Ukrainian women. Its meaning is royal, kingly. That royal sense traces to the Greek word basileus, king, which travelled east and settled into the name, while the form itself stayed Slavic and Ukrainian. The same Greek root stands behind the western name Basil.
The short meaning is royal.
On a Polish school register, Vasylyna stands apart from the Zuzannas and Amelias around it, eastern and a touch formal. A child with this name learns early to spell it slowly, to explain that the y holds a place a Polish ear expects an i to fill. The name asks for a little patience and gives back a plain, old idea: someone marked as royal, kingly.
How many people are named Vasylyna
1 in 10659 women in Poland is named Vasylyna. 2,117 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #687 among female names.
Vasylyna's popularity over time
4 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1155 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2021. Still the #687 name among living women, even as it slips to #1155 among newborns.
Vasylyna as a middle name
Vasylyna is a first name for 2,117 women in Poland and a middle name for another 8, a 100/0 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 2883rd, between Valeriia (8) and Vega (8).
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#2881 Ulana8
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#2882 Valeriia8
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#2883 Vasylyna8
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#2884 Vega8
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#2885 Victoire8