Vasylysa
A Slavic name carried through Ukrainian, meaning "queen". It stays rare in Poland: only about 100 women bear it, and most Poles have never met one.
Vasylysa Pronunciation
What Vasylysa means
Where Vasylysa comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Vasylysa is a Ukrainian name, and it means queen. The word behind it is Greek. Basilissa is the feminine of basileus, king, and it named the woman who ruled or stood beside the ruler. Ukrainian gives the king's side of that root to men as Vasyl. Vasylysa is the queen's side.
Slavic folktales know the name well. Vasylysa Premudra, Vasilisa the Wise, appears across East Slavic stories as the heroine who solves impossible tasks. Another Vasylysa is called the Beautiful, and she outlasts Baba Yaga. Both hold the sense the name already carried: królowa, one who commands the room.
On a class register the name reads in full, Vasylysa. The child answers to it whole. The meaning stays where it began, in the Greek word for queen.
How many people are named Vasylysa
1 in 221018 women in Poland is named Vasylysa. 102 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3418 among female names.
Vasylysa's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.