Given name
Hilari
“a cheerful woman; bringer of joy”
Hilari is a variant of Hilary. One Greek interpretation is “a cheerful woman; bringer of joy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hilari is a variant of Hilary. One Greek interpretation is “a cheerful woman; bringer of joy.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Hilari is a variant of Hilary. An origin associated with Hilary is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hilari through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 226
- 0 boys · 226 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 303 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hilari’s family of names
Hilari has a related form in Hilary. In Catalan usage, Hilari has a conventional equivalent in the French form Hilaire. In Finnish usage, Hilari has a conventional equivalent in the German form Hilarius.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hilari
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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