Given name & surname
Ilar
“a cheerful woman; bringer of joy”
Ilar is a form of Hilary. One Greek interpretation is “a cheerful woman; bringer of joy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ilar is a form of Hilary. One Greek interpretation is “a cheerful woman; bringer of joy.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ilar is a form 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 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ilar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 30
- 0 boys · 30 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 7 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 5 in 1922. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 163 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.
Ilar’s family of names
Ilar shares a linguistic root with Hilary. In Welsh usage, Ilar has a conventional equivalent in the German form Hilarius. Ilar is a form of Hilary.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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