Basil
[ˈbæz.əl]Meaning
from Greek Basileios, "royal, kingly", from basileus, "king"
Background Story
Basil comes from the Greek name Basileios, meaning "royal, kingly", derived from basileus, "king". It entered English via Latin Basilius, and Behind the Name records it in use in Albanian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Finnish, French, Georgian, Greek, Italian, Late Greek, Latvian, Lithuanian and Macedonian. Its spread in the Christian world is credited to Saint Basil the Great, a 4th-century bishop of Caesarea, and it was also borne by two Byzantine emperors. In Arabic, the unrelated name Basil means "brave, valiant".
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