Vasileios
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- vah-SEE-lee-os
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Vasileios is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “royal, kingly”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Vasileios mean?
Greek: Greek form of Basil
“royal, kingly”
In Greece Saint Basil, Agios Vasilis, is the gift-bringer who visits children on New Year's Day.
Is Vasileios a girl's or a boy's name?
Vasileios is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vasileios in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Vasileios, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Vasileios in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Vasileios in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
Nicknames for Vasileios
- Vasilis 4 boys in the UK in 2025
- Vasos
Names like Vasileios
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Theodore, Sebastian, Atlas, Elias, Tobias, Theo, Kit, Vincent, Luca, Otis, Myles, Ezra
Names related to Vasileios
More Greek names
Sophia, George, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie, Lainey, Elena
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Vasileios: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vasileios, updated 20 October 2026.