Fun Facts About the Name Baasil
- 5 babies named Baasil: U.S. records list 5 babies given the name Baasil from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Baasil Mean?
Baasil is an Arabic masculine name meaning "brave" or "valiant." It represents the Arabic name Bāsil (باسل), an active-participle form from the root b-s-l; the same root gives basāla, "bravery" or "courage." The doubled a in Baasil signals the long ā of the Arabic pronunciation.
It is not etymologically related to the English name Basil, which comes from Greek Basileios ("royal") through Latin Basilius. The resemblance comes from transliteration into Latin letters, not from a shared origin.
Baasil Name History & Origins
Bāsil is a traditional Arabic personal name written باسل in Arabic script. It is an active participle from the root b-s-l, the same root that gives basāla, "bravery." Latin-letter spellings such as Baasil and Basil are transliterations of this Arabic name; Baasil uses aa to show that the first vowel is long.
The name is used in Arabic-speaking countries and among Arabic-speaking communities elsewhere. It is separate from the European Basil, whose development runs from Greek Basileios through Latin Basilius; in Arabic, Saint Basil of Caesarea is usually called Bāsīliyūs, not Bāsil.
How Popular is the Name Baasil?
Baasil has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2003. Its best rank was #11,059 in 2003.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | #11,059 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Baasil Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You can go to great heights and equally great depths. You are emotional and fixed in your opinions. You are hospitable, sentimental, often psychic, sometimes moody. You are ruled by love and the lack of it and feel a need to be encouraged and appreciated. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.
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