Basile

\ba.zil\♂French boy's name

A French boy's name of Latin origin.

At a glance

GenderMasculine
OriginLatin
Pronunciation\ba.zil\

Origin and meaning

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin Basilius, from Ancient Greek Βασίλειος (Basíleios).

Where it is mostly given

  • France

Around the world

  • GermanBasilius
  • EnglishBasil
  • Arabicبازيل
  • Chinese瓦西里
  • SpanishBasilio
  • GreekΒασίλειος, Βασίλης
  • HungarianVászoly
  • ItalianBasilio
  • Japaneseバジル
  • PolishBazyli, Wasja, Wasyl
  • PortugueseBasílio
  • RomanianVasile, Bazil
  • RussianВасилий, Базиль
  • SlovakVasil

Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0). Recording: Lepticed7 (France (Toulouse)), Lingua Libre / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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