Given name & surname
Hilmar
Hilmar is a masculine given name. It is used in Faroese.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Hilmar isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hilmar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 170
- 170 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 16 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 1945. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 196 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.
Hilmar’s family of names
In East Central German usage, Hilmar has a diminutive in Hilm.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Hilmar
- Hilmar BaunsgaardDanish politician (1920-1989)
- Hilmar Örn HilmarssonIcelandic musician and composerborn 1958
- Hilmar WäckerleCommandant of Dachau concentration camp (1899–1941)
- Hilmar ThateGerman actor (1931–2016)
- Hilmar MyhraNorwegian ski jumper (1915-2013)
- Hilmar WeilandtGerman footballer (born 1966)
- Hilmar HoffmannGerman cultural worker and cultural functionary (SPD) (1925-2018)
- Hilmar OddssonIcelandic film directorborn 1957
- Hilmar RekstenNorwegian businessman (1897–1980)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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>99% boys
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>99% boys
Einer
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>99% boys
Harmon
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91% boys · 9% girls
Tillman
“one who plows the earth”
98% boys · 2% girls