Basilio

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Basílio in AO Angola.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Basilio is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name60K records spelled Basilio10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Philippines, Venezuela

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Basílio, Bäsïlïö

• Catalan given name11K records spelled Basilio6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Basílio, Basilío, Bäsiliö

• Italian given name5.5K records spelled Basilio3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Italy, United States, Peru

  Also written Basìlio, Basílio

• a separate given name2.8K records spelled Basilio4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Bolivia, United Kingdom

  Also written Basílío, Básilio, Basílio

• Swahili given name2.7K records spelled Basilio4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Kenya, Peru

  Also written Basílio

• Indonesian given name2.6K records spelled Basilio4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia, Peru, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Basílio

• Arabic given name743 records spelled Basilio4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Philippines

  Also written Bäsïlïö, Basílio

• Thai given name606 records spelled Basilio30 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, Laos, United States, India

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written Basil, Basile, บาซิล, Basal, Basilico

58 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Basilio is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, a male given name, equivalent to English Basil

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, Dal greco basileus, 're'.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, forma ital. de Basilius; v. Basile

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Italian, Variante di Basile

  as a name·Dizionario dei cognomi italiani

• In Filipino, a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Basil

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 115 years between 1904–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Vasily Kalikab. 1201not in their usual nameRussian saint
• Basil of Trebizondb. 1315not in their usual nameEmperor of Trebizond
• Basil Valentineb. 1394DEnot in their usual namepseudonymous author
• Vasili III of Moscowb. 1479RUnot in their usual nameGrand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1505 to 1533
• Basilio Augustínb. 1840ESSpanish Governor-General of the Philippines
• Basilio Franchinab. 1914ITItalian film director, screenwriter and actor (1914-2003)
• Basilio Lami Dozob. 1929ARArgentine military person (1929-2017)
• Basilio Martín Patinob. 1930ESSpanish film director (1930-2017)
• Saúl Cocob. 1999ESnot in their usual nameEquatorial Guinean association football player (born 1999)
• Basilio Ndongb. 1999GQEquatorial Guinean association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 764 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Basilio?

We estimate roughly 12 thousand people bear Basilio (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Basilio have the most bearers?

Basilio is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled basilio.

How common is Basilio compared with other names?

In Argentina, Basilio is the 699th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Basilio a male or female name?

Basilio is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Basilio mean?

Recorded meaning: Greek Basíleios, from basileús ‘king’: ‘royal, princely’.