Vasilisa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- va-si-LEE-sa
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Vasilisa is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “queen”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Vasilisa mean?
Greek: Russian feminine of Vasily, from Greek basilissa
“queen”
Vasilisa the Beautiful and Vasilisa the Wise are heroines of Russian fairy tales.
Is Vasilisa a girl's or a boy's name?
Vasilisa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vasilisa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Vasilisa, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Vasilisa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Vasilisa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
How popular is Vasilisa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Vasilisa, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006.
2025 had more girls named Vasilisa than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Vasilisa in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vasilisa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
Nicknames for Vasilisa
- Vasya
- Lisa 61 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Vasilisa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arabella, Pippa, Lyra, Isla, Eliana, Luna, Ariella, Mila, Maeva, Ariana, Aria, Isabella
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Vasilisa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vasilisa, updated 20 October 2026.