Basil is a boy's name of English origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 76 boys in the United States.
Basil belongs to the English & American tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Basil first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #322 in 1897, and in 2024 76 babies received the name — 13,095 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Basil is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its English origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Basil is a boy name. In 2024, 76 babies received the name in the US.
Basil comes from the English & American tradition.
Basil first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #322 in 1897, and 76 babies were given the name in 2024.
Basil is pronounced /ˈbæz.əl/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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