Basil (name) in the context of "Basilica"

Basileus (Ancient Greek: βασιλεύς) is a Greek term and title that has signified various types of monarchs throughout history. In the English-speaking world, it is perhaps most widely understood to mean 'monarch', referring to either a 'king' or an 'emperor'. The title was used by sovereigns and other persons of authority in ancient Greece (especially during the Hellenistic period), the Byzantine emperors, and the kings of modern Greece. The name Basileios (Basil), deriving from the term basileus, is a common given name in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Syriac Orthodox Church for the Maphrian.

The feminine forms are basileia (βασίλεια), basilissa (βασίλισσα), basillis (βασιλίς), or the archaic basilinna (βασιλίννα), meaning 'queen' or 'empress'. The related term basileia (βασιλεία) has meanings such as 'sovereignty', 'royalty', 'kingdom', 'reign', 'dominion' and 'authority'.

Vassilios or Vassileios, also transliterated Vasileios, Vasilios, Vassilis or Vasilis (Greek: Βασίλειος or Βασίλης), is a Greek given name, the origin of Basil. In ancient/medieval/Byzantine context, it is also transliterated as Basileios. It is directly descended from the word "King", Greek: Βασιλιάς. It descends from the Greek language.

Vasile is a male Romanian given name or a surname. It is equivalent to the English name Basil which is of Greek origin and means "King". It is also used by the Megleno-Romanians.

Vasilije (Cyrillic: Василије) is a South Slavic masculine given name, a variant of Greek given name Vassilios ("Basil"). It may refer to:

• Vasilije, Serbian Patriarch (fl. 1763–1765), Serbian cleric born Vasilije Jovanović-Brkić
• Vasilije Calasan (born 1981), French racing driver
• Vasa Čarapić (1768–1806), Serbian voivode (military commander)
• Vasa Jovanović (1874–1970), Serbian lawyer, politician, founder of the Chetnik movement and a founding member of the League of Nations
• Vasilije Krestić (born 1932), intellectual and historian, and a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
• Vasilije Matić (1906–1981), forestry expert born in Srpske Moravice
• Vasilije Micić (born 1994), Serbian basketball player
• Vasilije Mokranjac (1923–1984), Serbian composer
• Vasa Pelagić (1833–1899), Bosnian Serb writer, physician, educator, clergyman, nationalist and proponent of utopian socialism
• Vasilije Petrović (1709–1766), Prince Bishop of Montenegro
• Vasilije Popović (disambiguation), multiple people
• Vasilije Prodanović (born 1985), Serbian footballer
• Vasilije Radović (1938–2019), Yugoslav football goalkeeper and manager
• Vasilije Šijaković (1929–2003), Montenegrin football player
• Vasilije Tomović (1906–1994), Montenegrin chess master
• Vasilije Trbić (1881–1962), Serbian Chetnik leader and politician
• Vasa Živković (1819–1891), Serbian poet and Orthodox priest

Vasili, Vasily, Vasilii or Vasiliy (Russian: Василий) is a Russian masculine given name of Greek origin and corresponds to Basil. It may refer to:

• Vasily I of Moscow Grand Prince from 1389–1425
• Vasily II of Moscow Grand Prince from 1425–1462
• Vasili III of Russia Grand Prince from 1505–1533
• Vasili IV of Russia Tsar from 1606–1610
• Basil Fool for Christ (1469–1557), also known as Saint Basil, or Vasily Blazhenny
• Vasily Alekseyev (1942–2011), Soviet weightlifter
• Vasily Arkhipov (1926–1998), Soviet Naval officer in the Cuban Missile Crisis
• Vasily Boldyrev (1875–1933), Russian general
• Vasily Chapayev (1887–1969), Russian Army commander
• Vasily Chuikov (1900–1982), Soviet marshal
• Vasily Degtyaryov (1880–1949), Russian weapons designer and Major General
• Vasily Dzhugashvili (1921–1962), Stalin's son
• Vasili Golovachov (born 1948), Russian science fiction author
• Vasily Grossman (1905–1964), Soviet writer and journalist
• Vasily Ignatenko (1961–1986), Soviet firefighter in the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster
• Vasilii Alekseevich Iskovskikh (1939–2009), Russian mathematician
• Vasily Kuznetsov (1901–1990), Soviet politician, acted three times as head of state of USSR
• Vasyl Ivanchuk (born 1969), Ukrainian chess grandmaster
• Wassily Kandinsky (Vasily Kandinsky; 1866–1944), Russian painter and art theorist.
• Vasily Karatygin (1802–1880), Russian actor
• Vasily Lanovoy (1934–2021), Russian actor
• Vasily Livanov (born 1935), Russian actor and screenwriter
• Vasily Lobanov (born 1947), Russian composer and pianist
• Vasyl Lomachenko (Vasily Lomachenko; born 1988), Ukrainian boxer
• Vasily Markovich (born 1955), Belarusian politician
• Vasily Nezabitovsky (1824–1883), Ukrainian jurist
• Vasily Petrenko (born 1976), Russian conductor
• Vasily Podkolzin (born 2001), Russian ice hockey player currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks
• Vasily Seseman (1884–1963), Russian and Lithuanian philosopher
• Vasily Smyslov (1921–2010), Soviet chess player
• Vasily Tsibliyev (born 1954), Russian cosmonaut
• Vasily Zaytsev, Soviet sniper
• Vasily Zakharov (1934–2023), Soviet culture minister
• Vasily Zhdanov (born 1963), Soviet cyclist