Basile

surname · Latin script

Meaning: du nom grec Basileios, dérivé de basileus « roi »

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈbɑsəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Basile is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 43K(measured from records)
  • ARArgentina1 in 13K
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 20K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

7,783 people, 2010

Sources
348 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)

Argentina

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in French

du nom grec Basileios, dérivé de basileus « roi ».

Sources 1

  • Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

How Basile is read(measured from records)

Basile is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • English53%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Basile in English.

  • Spanish18%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Basile in Spanish.

  • Italian8.8%

    do nome gr. Basileios, difundido pelo culto a São Basílio

    as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

  • French8.4%

    du nom grec Basileios, dérivé de basileus « roi ».

    as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

    Du grec basileus, « roi »; saint Basile le Grand, fêté le 2 janvier.

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

    Du grec basileios, lié à basileus « roi »; nom d’origine grecque.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

    From Greek Basileios, from basileus 'king'.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

    Origine grecque, signifie « roi ».

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Often considered alongside

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Basile, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Basile counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Basile is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States7,7831 in 43K7.8KBasile348
AR Argentina3,4851 in 13K3.5K—4
BR Brazil1,6361 in 129K1.6K—4
CH Switzerland4231 in 20K423Basile33
BE Belgium3581 in 33K398Basile39
UY Uruguay1331 in 25K133——

7,783 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Statbel — Noms de famille (family names); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Basile is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Basilē, Basilé

  • Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Italy, Palestine, Canada

    Also written Bàsìlè

66 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

12001400160018002000Pierre Basile, b. 1200Giambattista Basile, b. 1566Arturo Basile, b. 1914Nadine Basile, b. 1931Salvo Basile, b. 1940Alfio Basile, b. 1943Gianluca Basile, b. 1975Nick Basile, b. 1978Leonardo Basile, b. 1983Fabio Basile, b. 1994

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Basile,
InformalHi Basile,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 69 sources across 39 countries.

Official registers attesting Basile
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020107.8K#4,555
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020007.7K#4,248
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020207.1K#4,825
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—3.5K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—1.6K#5,876
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)2024423#3,111
BE BelgiumStatbel — Noms de famille (family names)—398#4,023
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)2008358#4,481
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—133—

Reference works 5

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
  • Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Basile have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 7.8 thousand people named Basile, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled basile.
Where is Basile most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Basile is densest in Argentina — about 1 in 13 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
What are other forms of the name Basile?
In the etymology graph, Pasi, Vasko and Bazza are forms of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Basile?
A machine transcription gives /ˈbɑsəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Basile mean?
Recorded meaning: du nom grec Basileios, dérivé de basileus « roi ».
How common is the name Basile?
In the United States, the national register counted 7,783 people named Basile in 2010, about 1 in 43 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Basile”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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