Vasylyshyna

Derived from the Ukrainian male first name Vasyl (Василь), which comes from the Greek name Basileios (Βασίλειος), meaning "kingly" or "royal.". The -yshyn (or -ишин in Cyrillic) is a patronymic or family-related suffix common in Ukrainian surnames, roughly meaning “descendant of” or “child of.”. In Ukrainian, surnames often take a gendered form. -a at the end makes Vasylyshyna the feminine version of Vasylyshyn, used by women.