Vasilyevich

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Vasilyevich is the Russian patronymic indicating "son of Vasily," famously used in the full name of Ivan IV (Ivan Vasilyevich), the first tsar of Russia.

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Label Occurrences
Vasilyevich canonical 3
Vasilievich 2

Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Russian patronymic
patronymic
associatedWithTitle tsar of Russia
category Slavic patronymic
culturalContext Eastern Slavic naming system
derivedFrom Vasily
etymologicalRoot Basil (from Greek Basileios via Vasily)
genderAssociation male
grammaticalCategory patronymic noun form
historicalUsage used in Muscovite Russia
language Russian
meaning son of Vasily
namingFunction indicates father’s given name
notUsedAs family surname
partOfFullName Ivan Vasilyevich
patronymicType patronymic formed with suffix -evich
positionInName second element in a three-part Russian name
region Russia
relatedForm Vasilyevich self-linksurface differs
surface form: Vasilievich
relatedGivenName Vasily
script Cyrillic
usageNote indicates respect and formality when combined with given name in Russian
usedAs middle name in Russian full names
usedBy Ivan IV the Terrible
surface form: Ivan IV of Russia
usedIn Russian naming tradition
writtenForm Васильевич

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alexander Suvorov patronymicName Vasilyevich
Vasilyevich relatedForm Vasilyevich self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Vasilievich
Fedor Tokarev hasPartInName Vasilyevich
this entity surface form: Vasilievich