Hilario

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Hilario

Say it: ee-LAH-ryoh

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Meaning

From Latin hilaris 'cheerful'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

Most used in the 1920s

In the United States

4,551 babies given this name since 1885
At its height in 1929, about 1 in 17,600 boys
29 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Mexican Spanish Andean

The family of the name

Portuguese	Hilário
Italian	Ilario

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FermínBoyFrom Latin Firminus, from firmus 'firm, steadfast'.Middle Ages · peak 1994

RefugioGirl or boySpanish 'refuge', after Nuestra Señora del Refugio, Refuge of Sinners.Colonial · peak 1927 · forgotten

RosendoBoyFrom Germanic Hrodsind (Latin Rudesindus): hrod 'fame' with a second element probably meaning 'path, journey'.Early Medieval · peak 1930 · forgotten

NatividadGirl or boySpanish 'nativity', usually after the Nativity of the Virgin Mary (8 September).Colonial · peak 1928 · forgotten

EusebioBoyFrom Greek eusebēs 'pious'.Colonial · peak 1929 · forgotten

JacintoBoyFrom Greek Hyakinthos, a mythological youth and a flower name of pre-Greek origin.Colonial · peak 1925 · forgotten

HilaryGirl or boyLatin Hilarius, from hilaris 'cheerful'.Early Medieval · peak 1990

HilariusBoyFrom Latin hilaris 'cheerful', from Greek hilaros.Rome · forgotten

Where this comes from

Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
Parish baptism registers
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.