Bosiljko

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βασίλειος (Basíleios, “of the king, kingly, royal”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”), adopted with the spread of Western Christianity. Doublet of the Eastern Orthodox variant Vasilije or Vasiljko.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǒsiːʎko/

Proper noun

Bòsīljko m anim (Cyrillic spelling Бо̀сӣљко)

1. a male given name from Greek, equivalent to English Basil

Further reading

• “Bosiljko”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2026