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Hilary , Hilarie or Hillary is a given name and surname , derived from the Latin hilarius meaning "cheerful", from hilaris , "cheerful, merry",[1] Greek ἱλαρός (hilaros ), "cheerful, merry",[2] hilaos ), "propitious, gracious".[3] Ilaria is the popular Italian feminine form, while Ilario is the Italian masculine one. Other male forms are Hilarion , Ilarion , and Illarion .
In the 1990s and first few decades of the twenty-first century, the name was strongly associated in the United States (US ) with Hillary Clinton . Its popularity for babies in the US dropped rapidly during the beginning of her husband's presidency of the US.[4] [5] [6]
Notable men with the given name [ edit ]
Hilary the Deacon (fl. mid-4th century), churchman and theologian
Pope Hilarius or Hilary (died 468), Catholic pope and saint
Hilary of Arles , 5th-century bishop and saint
Hilary of Chichester (c. 1110–1169), bishop of Chichester
Hilary of Galeata , 6th century hermit
Hilary of Poitiers or Saint Hilarius, 4th-century bishop and Church Father
Hilary Benn (born 1953), British politician
Hillary Bor (born 1989), Kenyan-American athlete
Hillary Butler (born 1971), American football player
Hilary Davan Wetton (born 1943), British conductor
Hillary "Hilly" Hathaway (born 1969), American baseball player
Hilary A. Herbert (1834–1919), American politician
Hilary Jenkinson (1882–1961), British archivist and archival theorist
Hilary R. W. Johnson (1837–1901), 11th President of Liberia
Hilary Jones (disambiguation) , multiple people
Hilary Knight (born 1926), author, illustrator
Hillary Makasa (born 1976), Zambian footballer
Hilary Marquand (1901−1972), British politician
Hillary Menard (born 1934), Canadian ice hockey player
Hilary Minster (1944–1999), British actor
Hilary Minc (1905−1974), Polish economist and politician
Hillary Ngetich (born 1995), Kenyan middle-distance runner
Hilary Putnam (1926−2016), American philosopher
Hilary Skarżyński (1925–1987), Polish ice hockey player
Hillary Waugh (1920–2008), American novelist
Hillary Yego (born 1992), Kenyan steeplechase runner
Hilary Hinton Ziglar or Zig Ziglar (1926–2012), motivational speaker
Notable women with the given name [ edit ]
Hilary (musician) (1950–2007), American singer-songwriter
Hilary Armstrong (born 1945), British politician
Hilary Bell (disambiguation) , multiple people
Hilary Bok (born 1950), American academic and writer
Hilary Bonner (born 1950), British writer
Hillary Brooke (1914–1999), American actress
Hilarie Burton (born 1982), American actress/producer
Hillary Carlip (born 1956), American novelist
Hillary Rodham Clinton (born 1947), American senator and Secretary of State 2009–2013
Hilary Cruz (born 1988), American actress, model and beauty queen
Hilary Devey (1957–2022), English businesswoman and television personality
Hilary du Pré (born 1942), British musician
Hilary Duff (born 1987), American actress and singer
Hilary Hahn (born 1979), American violinist
Hillary Howard , American reporter
Hillary Pugh Kent , American politician
Hilary Knight (born 1989), American ice hockey player
Hilarie Lindsay (1922–2021), Australian toy manufacturer and writer
Hillary Lindsey , country music songwriter
Hilarie Mais (born 1952), British/Australian artist
Hilary Mantel (1952–2022), British novelist
Hilary D. Marston , American physician-scientist and global health policy advisor
Hilaree Nelson (1972–2022), American ski mountaineer
Hilary Ockendon , British mathematician
Hilary Pecis (born 1979), American artist
Hilary B. Price (born 1969), creator of the comic strip Rhymes with Orange
Hillary Raphael (born 1976), American novelist
Hilary Rhoda (born 1987), American model
Hillary Scholten (born 1982), American politician
Hillary Scott (born 1986), American singer-songwriter
Hillary Scott , (born 1983) American pornographic actress
Hilarie Sidney , American musician
Hillary B. Smith (born 1957), American actress
Hillary Super , American business executive
Hilary Swank (born 1974), American actress
Hilary Swarts , American wildlife biologist
Hillary Tuck (born 1978), American actress
Hilary Van Dyke (born 1970), American actress and singer
Hillary Wolf (born 1977), American child actress and Olympic Judoka
People with this family name [ edit ]
Fictional characters [ edit ]
Hillary, a recurring character in the TV series Kyle XY
Hilary Banks , in the TV series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Hilary Becker, a captain in the TV series Primeval
Hilary Briss, part of the comedy quartet The League of Gentlemen
Hilary Burde, the first-person narrator of Iris Murdoch's A Word Child
Hilary Curtis in the soap opera The Young and the Restless
Hilary Norm Peterson , in the TV series Cheers
Hilary Tachibana , in the Beyblade
Hillary Whitney, protagonist in the 1988 movie Beaches
Hillary the Owl, a female Great Grey Owl from Jim Henson's Animal Show
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ hilaris , Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary , on Perseus
^ ἱλαρός , Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon , on Perseus
^ ἵλαος , Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon , on Perseus
^ Parker, Hilary (2013-01-30). "Hilary: the most poisoned baby name in US history" . Hilary Parker . Retrieved 2023-11-16 .
^ Ingraham, Christopher (2021-11-25). "The Clintons ruined the name 'Hillary' for new parents" . Washington Post . ISSN 0190-8286 . Retrieved 2023-11-16 .
^ "Hillary - Baby Name Meaning, Origin, and Popularity" . Nameberry . Retrieved 2023-11-16 .
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