Hilary


Gender:
Origin: Latin
199 famous people named Hilary found on Wikipedia.
23929 female, 2197 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 9335-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 232-th in year 1990
Used in: English

Meanings

Hilary or Hillary is a given and family name, derived from the Latin hilarius meaning "cheerful", from hilaris, "cheerful, merry" which comes from the Greek ἱλαρός (hilaros), "cheerful, merry", which in turn comes from ἵλαος (hilaos), "propitious, gracious". Ilaria is the popular Italian and Spanish feminine form, while Ilario is the Italian masculine one. Ilariana and Ylariana (eye-LAH--ree-AH-nə) are two very rare feminine variants of the name. Another male form is Hilarion.

Masc. proper name, from Late Latin Hilarius, literally "cheerful," from Latin hilaris "cheerful" (see hilarity). The name was more popular in France than in England. The woman's name (Middle English Hillaria) seems to be this name merged with Eulalia, name of the patron saint of Barcelona, whose name is a Latinization of Greek eulalos "sweetly speaking." The Hilary sessions of British High Court and universities (1577) are from St. Hilarius, Bishop of Poitiers, obit. C.E. 368, eminent Church father and opponent of the Arians, whose feast day is Jan. 13, the Octave of the Epiphany.

Cheerful, happy.

Famous People: 199 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Hilary Duff 1987 American actress and singer
2 Hilary Swank 1974 American actress, film producer
3 Hilary Farr 1962 Home designer
4 Hilary Benn 1953 British politician
5 Hilary Mantel 1952 British writer
6 Hilary Putnam 1926 American philosopher
7 Hilary Hahn 1979 American violinist
8 Hilary Devey 1957 English businesswoman, television personality and entrepreneur
9 Hilary Rhoda 1987 American model
10 Hilary Koprowski 1916 Polish-American physician, virologist, immunologist and medical researcher
11 Hilary Rosen 1958 American lobbyist
12 Hilary Bonner 1949 British writer
13 Hilary of Poitiers 0315 Bishop of Poitiers
14 Hilary Minster 1944 English actor
15 Hilary Shepard Turner 1959 American actress
16 Lynn Hilary 1982 Singer, guitarist, and songwriter from Dublin, Ireland
17 Hilary Haag 1973 American actress
18 Hilary Jones 1953 English television doctor
19 Hilary Curtis
20 Hilary Cruz 1988 American beauty pageant contestant
21 Hilary Weston 1942 Former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
22 Hilary Barry 1969 New Zealand journalist and television personality
23 Hilary du Pré 1942 British musician
24 Hilary Kay 1956 British-Australian antiques expert
25 Hilary Van Dyke 1970 American actress
26 Hilary Andersson 1967 Journalist
27 Hilary Dwyer 1945 British actress
28 Hilary Alexander 1946 Fashion journalist
29 Hilary Thompson 1949 American actress
30 Hilary Armstrong 1945 British politician
31 Hilary Potts
32 Hilary Beckles 1955 Barbadian academic
33 Hilary Caldwell 1991 Canadian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Pan American Games gold medallist
34 Hilary Knight 1926 American illustrator, best known for the Eloise books.
35 Hilary Wainwright 1949 British magazine editor
36 Hilary Tindall 1938 British actress
37 Jennifer Hilary 1942 Actress, businesswoman
38 Hilary R. W. Johnson 1837 President of Liberia
39 Hilary Pritchard 1942 British actress
40 Hilary A. Herbert 1834 American politician
41 Hilary Grivich 1977 American gymnast
42 Hilary Bardwell 1928 First wife of Sir Kingsley Amis
43 Hilary McKay 1959 English children's writer
44 Hilary of Arles 0401 Bishop of Arles
45 Hilary Marquand 1901 British politician
46 Hilary Hemingway 1961 American writer
47 Hilary Bailey 1936 British writer and editor
48 Hilary Bok 1959 American philosopher
49 Hilary of Chichester 1110 Bishop of Chichester
50 Hilary Summers 1965 Welsh operatic contralto
51 Hilary Spurling 1940 British writer, journalist and biographer, 2005 Whitbread Book Awards winner, 1967 Rose Mary Crawshay Prize winner
52 Hilary Lawson 1954 British philosopher and filmmaker
53 Hilary Mason
54 Hilary Jenkinson 1882 British archivist
55 Hilary Salvatore 1980 American actress
56 Hilary Lunke 1979 Professional golfer
57 Hilary Henkin 1962 American screenwriter
58 Hilary Minc 1905 Polish politician
59 Hilary Momberger 1962 Actress
60 Hilary Bevan Jones 1952 British television producer
61 Hilary Evans 1929 British pictorial archivist and parapsychologist
62 Hilary 1950 Singer/songwriter/performer
63 Hilary Edson 1965 American actress
64 Hilary Kahn 1943 University of Manchester computer scientist
65 Hilary Hook 1917 Indian Army officer
66 Hilary Rowland
67 Hilary Majewski 1838 Polish architect
68 Hilary Lindh 1969 Alpine skier
69 Hilary Crane British actress
70 Hilary Saint George Saunders 1898 British author
71 Hilary Davan Wetton 1943 British musician
72 Hilary A. Bush 1905 Democratic Party politician
73 Hilary Barta 1957 American comic book writer and artist
74 Hilary Kornblith American philosopher
75 Hilary Boyd 1949 British novelist
76 Hilary Charlesworth 1955 Australian legal academic
77 Hilary Lister 1972 British sailor
78 Hilary Weeks 1970 American singer-songwriter
79 Hilary Cottam 1965 British not-for-profit executive
80 Hilary Squires Rhodesian politician
81 Hilary Baker 1746 Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, from 1796 to 1797
82 Hilary James British musician
83 Hilary Masters 1928 American writer
84 Hilary Rubinstein 1926 British publisher
85 Hilary P. Jones 1863 United States Navy admiral
86 Hilary Paweł Januszewski 1907 Polish Carmelite friar and beatified person
87 Hilary Onek 1948 Ugandan politician
88 Hilary Cunningham Scharper 1961 Canadian writer
89 Hilary Priestley Mathematician
90 Hillary Ng'weno Journalist
91 Hilary McRae 1986 American musician
92 Hilary Calvert 1954 ACT member
93 Hilary Lofting 1881 Novelist, travel writer, journalist and editor
94 Hilary Stellingwerff 1981 Track and field athlete
95 Hilary Deacon 1936 South African archaeologist and academic
96 Hilary Liftin 1969 American writer
97 Hilary Bradt 1941 British writer
98 Hilary Smart 1925 Sailor
99 Hilary Teague 1802 Liberian politician
100 Hilary Harris 1929 American filmmaker
101 Hilary Brougher
102 Sarah Hilary
103 Hilary Estey McLoughlin 1962 American television executive
104 Hilary McPhee 1941 Australian publisher
105 Hilary Palma 1997 Female volleyball player from Peru
106 Hilary Weaver 1991 Canadian musician
107 Hilary Douglas Clark Pepler 1878 British writer
108 Hilary Thomas 1982 Voice actor
109 Hilary Rose 1971 British field hockey player
110 Hilary Labow American actress
111 Hilary Synnott 1945 British diplomat
112 Hilary Thayer Hamann 1962 Writer
113 Ikenna Hilary 1991 Nigerian association football player
114 Hilary Burn 1946 Wildlife illustrator
115 Hilary Lappin-Scott 1955 Microbiologists
116 Hilary Barte 1988 Tennis player
117 Hilary Timmins 1965 New Zealand television presenter
118 Hilary du Cros Australian archaeologist
119 Hilary Tann 1947 British composer
120 Hilary of Galeata 0476 Christian saint
121 Hilary Lloyd 1964 British artist
122 Hilary Green 1951 British figure skater
123 Hilary Bettis
124 Hilary Sample American architect
125 Hilary Paynter 1943 English wood engraver and printmaker
126 Hilary Tham 1946 American educator and artist
127 Hilary Corke 1921 Writer, composer and mineralogist
128 Hilary Critchley British academic obstetrician and gynaecologist
129 Hilary Baumann Hacker 1913 Catholic bishop
130 Hilary Grist Canadian singer
131 Jan Hilary 1956 Swedish model
132 Hilary the Deacon
133 Hilary Brace 1956 American photographer
134 Gilles Hilary French accountant
135 Hilary Kossak 1889
136 Hilary Wayment 1912 British author and historian of stained glass
137 Hilary Howard American actress
138 Hilary Ewing Howse 1866 American politician
139 Hilary Cass British medical doctor and paediatric specialist
140 Hilary Hood 1908 RAF officer
141 Hilary Bell 1965 British television producer
142 Hilary Edeoga 1960 Nigerian academic
143 Hilary Blumberg
144 Hilary French American environmental analyst
145 Hilary Gehman 1971 Olympic rower
146 Hilary Cleveland American political scientist
147 Hilary Clark 1955 Canadian poet
148 Hilary Landsberg 1834 Businessperson
149 Hilary Leith 1983 Rugby union player
150 Hilary Menos 1964 British writer
151 Hilary Cawthorne 1951 British fencer
152 Hilary Graham British sociologist
153 Hilary Little British pharmacologist
154 Hilary Bader 1952 American screenwriter
155 Hilary Jastak 1914 Polish naval officer
156 Hilary Brown
157 Hilary Simon British painter
158 Hilary Williams 1979 American singer
159 Hilary Easton 1960 American choreographer
160 Hilary Shuard 1928 British mathematician
161 Hilary Lardenoye
162 Hilary Bauerman 1833 English metallurgist, mineralogist and geologist
163 Hilary McIsaac 1820 Canadian politician
164 Hilary Mahaney 1902 American football player and coach
165 Hilary Maclean
166 Hilary Matanga 1984 Cricketer
167 Hilary Sipowicz 1890
168 Hilary F. Jaeger 1959
169 Hilary Krzysztofiak 1926 Polish artist
170 Hilary Hoynes US economist
171 Hilary Mooney 1962
172 Hilary Davies English poet, critic and translator
173 Hilary Greenwood 1929
174 Hilary Shor
175 Hilary Dresser 1968 British canoeist
176 Hilary Chojecki 1755
177 Hilary Longhini 1986
178 Hilary Ostrowski 1788
179 Hilary McNamee 1990 American biathlete
180 Hilary Peacock 1951 British canoeist
181 Hilary King, MBE 1931
182 Hilary Arthur Reuel Tolkien 1894
183 Hilary Kole 1976 American singer
184 Hilary Lachs 1881 Polish chemist and physicist
185 Hilary Paul Odili Okeke 1947 Nigerian catholic priest
186 Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood 1893 British colonial governor
187 Hilary Skarżyński 1925 Polish ice hockey player
188 Hilary Szpilowski 1753 Polish architect
189 Hilary Dulcie Cobbett 1885 British artist
190 Hilary Wontner 1912
191 Hilary Gong
192 Hilary Boulding
193 Hilary Robinson
194 Hilary Katzenmeier 1988
195 Hilary S. Chapman
196 Hilary J. Crichton
197 Hilary Laing 1927
198 Hilary Harkness 1971 American painter (*1971)
199 Hilary J. Sandoval Jr. 1930