Baby name
STABLE
🇷🇴 Vasile
/vah · SEE · leh/
Meaning
“Royal or kingly”
Romanian form of Basil, from Greek 'Vasilis' meaning 'royal' or 'kingly', a major saint in Orthodox Christian tradition.
Nicknames
vasile · vasiliță · vasil
Vibe
classic
How it ages.
Vasile dominates rural Romanian culture and signals Orthodox traditional family values.
The cultural moment.
Vasile shows sharp decline in urban Romania since 2000, maintained primarily by rural and elderly populations.