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Vasilev Surname Meaning

Bulgarian and Macedonian: patronymic from the personal name Vasil, an equivalent of Greek Basileios ‘royal’ (see Basil). It is formed with the possessive suffix -ev.

Russian and Belorussian: variant transliteration of Vasilyev.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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