Vasily

St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow

Chair B3 - also known as the "Wassily chair"

Vasily ( Russian Василий ) is a Russian male given name.

Origin and meaning

A number of Russian princes also carried the name Vasily. This is explained by the Greek origin of the name ( Βασιλεύς ), which means king there. In the Ukraine and Bulgaria, however, the name is abbreviated to Wassil in the national language . The Latin form of the name, which occurs primarily as a monk's name in German, is Basilius ; an English and Arabic form is basil .

variants

Bazyli, Vasil, Vasile , Vasilij, Vasilije , Vaso, Vassili, Vaszoly, Wasja, Wassili, Wassily , Wassilios, Wassylky , Wassilij

Well-known namesake (selection)

• Vasily Yaroslavich , Russian Grand Duke
• Vasily I , Russian Grand Duke
• Vasily II , Russian Grand Duke
• Vasily III. , Russian Grand Duke
• Wassili IV , Russian Grand Duke
• Vasily the Blessed (1468–1552), Russian saint
• Vasily Vladimirovich Beresuzki (* 1982), Russian football player
• Wassilios Fthenakis (* 1937), German-Greek developmental psychologist and anthropologist
• Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), Russian painter, graphic artist and art theorist
• Vasily Wiktorowitsch Papin (* 1988), Russian chess player
• Wassili Wassiljewitsch Rosanow (1856–1919), Russian philosopher
• Vasily Grigoryevich Saizew (1915–1991), Soviet sniper in World War II

See also

• Wassily chair No. B3 (1925) by Marcel Breuer