Given name & surname
Hillery
“a cheerful woman; bringer of joy”
Hillery is a variant of Hilary. One Greek interpretation is “a cheerful woman; bringer of joy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hillery is a variant of Hilary. One Greek interpretation is “a cheerful woman; bringer of joy.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Hillery 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 1887. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hillery through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 996
- 501 boys · 495 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 32 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 1998. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 32 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 666 as a first name in 2020; 1,574 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hillery’s family of names
Hillery has a related form in Hilary. In English usage, Hillery as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Хиллери.
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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