Basil

E95135

English masculine given name Greek masculine given name given name masculine given name

Basil is a masculine given name of Greek origin, commonly associated with historical figures, saints, and notable artists and actors.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Basil canonical	23
Ocimum basilicum	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English masculine given name ⓘ Greek masculine given name ⓘ given name ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ
associatedWith	Byzantine emperors ⓘ Christian saints ⓘ Christian saints ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox saints actors ⓘ artists ⓘ historical figures ⓘ
derivedFrom	Constantinos ⓘ surface form: Βασίλειος
hasCategory	English masculine given names ⓘ Greek masculine given names ⓘ Masculine given names ⓘ
hasFeminineForm	Basilia ⓘ
hasLanguageOfOrigin	Greek ⓘ
hasMeaning	king ⓘ royal ⓘ
hasNameDayInTradition	Eastern Orthodox calendar ⓘ
hasNotableBearer	Basil Brush ⓘ Basil Bunting ⓘ Basil Dearden ⓘ Basil Hume ⓘ Basil II ⓘ Basil Poledouris ⓘ Basil Rathbone ⓘ Basil Spence ⓘ Basil Wolverton ⓘ Basil Zaharoff ⓘ Basil of Caesarea ⓘ Basil of Caesarea ⓘ surface form: Basil the Great
hasVariant	Basile ⓘ Basil of Caesarea ⓘ surface form: Basilius Basílio ⓘ Vasile ⓘ Vasilios ⓘ surface form: Vasileios Vasilios ⓘ Vasily ⓘ surface form: Vasiliy Vasily ⓘ
isCognateOf	Basile ⓘ surface form: Basileios Vasile ⓘ Vasilios ⓘ Vasily ⓘ
usedAs	baptismal name ⓘ
usedByDenomination	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy Roman Catholicism ⓘ
usedByReligion	Christianity ⓘ
usedInCulture	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox communities English-speaking countries ⓘ Greek culture ⓘ

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

Basil Rathbone → givenName → Basil ⓘ

Air Marshal Sir Basil Embry → givenName → Basil ⓘ

subject surface form: Basil Embry

Asterids → includesSpecies → Basil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ocimum basilicum

Lamiaceae → contains → Basil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ocimum basilicum

Vasily → hasCognate → Basil ⓘ

Philip → givenName → Basil ⓘ

subject surface form: Philip St. John Basil Rathbone

Basil Brooke → givenName → Basil ⓘ

Kingsley Martin → givenName → Basil ⓘ

Basil Sydney → givenName → Basil ⓘ

Basil Spence → givenName → Basil ⓘ

Basil Embry → givenName → Basil ⓘ

Zorba the Greek → featuresCharacter → Basil ⓘ

Wassily → relatedName → Basil ⓘ

Vasyl → equivalentFormInEnglish → Basil ⓘ

Vasyl → hasRelatedName → Basil ⓘ

Vasyl → hasEnglishApproximation → Basil ⓘ

Vasily (Basil) the Blessed → hasGivenName → Basil ⓘ

Sir Basil Mott → givenName → Basil ⓘ

Basil Blackwell → givenName → Basil ⓘ

Wilkie Collins → notableWork → Basil ⓘ

Vasilyeva → etymologicalRoot → Basil ⓘ

Basil Brown → givenName → Basil ⓘ

Basil Moreau → givenName → Basil ⓘ

Basil Poledouris → givenName → Basil ⓘ

Basil Radford → givenName → Basil ⓘ