[la di dah]

Incidentally, do you like Dmitri/Dmitriy/Dmitry? I love it, and Demetrius as well.

I don't know who Enoch Powell is.

I do admit I rank Enoch well below my love for Ezra, Ezekiel, Eleazer, Ephraim, Eli, and Elijah, but it's not bad.

What about Emmanuel? I don't like it as a first name because I'm not into Manny but I like the name itself.

[leisamd]

Love Dimitri, just never felt quite right though - it doesn't go too well with our surname (starts with D)

I'm with you on Enoch, but my DH keeps coming back to it. Eleazar could also be Lazarus and I'd still love it.

I'm a bit meh on emmanuel myself, I don't mind it.

[Mrs Flanders]

So, WDYT? I've loved it for a while, DH has come on board. (I'm not pregnant or planning, but just in case )

Keeping in mind that we are fairly gutsy and do love our E.European names here (check my sig) and have the cultural heritage to pull it off... Russian variant of Basil btw.

How would you spell it? Behind the name lists Vasily, Vasiliy, Vasili.

Any biblical middle name suggestions?

I know someone who calls her son "Vas" and I've never been able to work out what his full name might be. I guess that could be it. It makes me think of 'vas deferens' - the part of the male anatomy! Maybe that's just me though...

[KristyMum-]

no from me.

[irises]

Can't say I like it either. Agree it looks and sounds feminine especially with the y ending (I'd go for i ending if you have to have it), and everyone is likely to mispronounce it VASSily whether you spell it with one or two 'S's, in my opinion.

ETA Vaseline was my first though too. Sorry.

This post has been edited by flickery: 23/02/2012, 02:48 PM

[Franny Glass]

I like it - Vasily is probably my favourite of the spelling options, it just looks more straightforward.

[Kay1]

I had a friend in primary school called Vasilli. He got teased a bit but it was very much a NON multicultural school so his was pretty much the weirdest name.