Wasyliki
Barely fifteen Polish women carry it, and no girl has been given it since at least 2000. The root is Greek, from Vasiliki, "royal" or "queenly".
Wasyliki Pronunciation
Wasyliki is pronounced vah-sih-LEE-kee (/vasɨˈliki/).
What Wasyliki means
Where Wasyliki comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Wasyliki comes from the Greek word basileus, meaning king. Its adjective, basilikos, meant royal, belonging to a ruler. From the feminine form Vasiliki, still common in Greece, Polish took Wasyliki. The short meaning sits close to that root: royal, queenly, in Polish królewska.
The royal sense here is old and literal. Basilikos could describe anything of the king, a road or a royal seal. From the same basileus Polish also got the male name Bazyli, so Wasyliki has a Greek cognate close at hand. A woman named Wasyliki holds that adjective as her own name.
On a Polish class register, Wasyliki stands apart from the Kasie and Basie near it. The spelling keeps its Greek edges. Its meaning stays plain: królewska, queenly.
How many people are named Wasyliki
1 in 1502922 women in Poland is named Wasyliki. 15 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #12393 among female names.
Wasyliki as a middle name
Wasyliki is a first name for 15 women in Poland and a middle name for another 5, a 75/25 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 3885th, between Wanja (5) and Wenata (5).
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#3883 Walerianna5
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#3884 Wanja5
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#3885 Wasyliki5
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#3886 Wenata5
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#3887 Weridiana5