Given name
Hilarion
“a cheerful woman; bringer of joy”
Hilarion is a variant of Hilary. One Greek interpretation is “a cheerful woman; bringer of joy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hilarion is a variant of Hilary. One Greek interpretation is “a cheerful woman; bringer of joy.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Hilarion 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 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hilarion through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 15 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 5 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 boys is 5 in 2004. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 445 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.
Hilarion’s family of names
Hilarion has a related form in Hilary. In Latin usage, Hilarion has a related form in Hilario. In Finnish usage, Hilarion has a conventional equivalent in the German form Hilarius.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Hilarion has relatives in 3 languages.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hilarion
- Hilarion of Kievfirst non-Greek Metropolitan of Kyiv990–1055
- Hilarión DazaPresident of Bolivia (1840-1894)
- Hilarion CapucciMelkite Greek Catholic Church Archbishop of Caesarea (1922–2017)
- Hilarion Kapralbishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia1948–2022
- Hilarion the IberianGeorgian monk, anchorite and wonderworker, a leading religious figure of Georgian monasticism of the 9th century822–875
- Hilarion (Protsyk)born 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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