Vasileios
Greek at root, meaning "royal" or "kingly". Barely a hundred men in Poland carry it and none were given it recently, so most Poles have never met one.
Vasileios Pronunciation
What Vasileios means
Where Vasileios comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Vasileios comes from the Greek βασιλεύς, basileus, the word for a king. In classical Greek it named a ruler, and in Byzantium it became the title of the emperor himself. The sense the name holds is direct: royal, kingly.
Its best-known bearer is Basil of Caesarea, the fourth-century bishop whom Greek writers called Vasileios. His feast falls on the first of January. On that day Greek households cut the Vasilopita and search each slice for the coin baked inside.
In Poland the name arrives with its Greek ending intact. Written into a school register beside Polish forms, it shows what it is, a borrowing from the language of Homer. Its root has barely shifted in meaning. Basileus meant king. Vasileios still says royal, kingly.
How many people are named Vasileios
1 in 211348 men in Poland is named Vasileios. 101 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3440 among male names.
Vasileios as a middle name
Vasileios is a first name for 101 men in Poland and a middle name for another 17, an 86/14 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2272nd, between Valerio (17) and Xander (17).
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#2270 Umberto17
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#2271 Valerio17
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#2272 Vasileios17
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#2273 Xander17
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#2274 Yacine17