Entry № 4260 · Latin origin

Hilaria Hilaria — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ hee-LAH-ree-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
Meaning
"Cheerful (Saint Hilarion's sister)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient (Latin)

A name that means "cheerful (saint hilarion's sister)".

Hilaria is the feminine of Hilarius — from Latin hilaris (cheerful, joyful). Saint Hilaria (4th c.) was the daughter of Emperor Zeno, who fled an arranged marriage and lived disguised as a monk in the desert of Scetis for years.

Cheerful. The Roman festival celebrating Attis's resurrection.

The name in its native script.

Hilaria
Transliteration
Hilaria
Pronunciation
/ hɪˈlɑː.ri.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Hilaria stands.

Hilaria does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Hilarias before her.

Real people
Saint Hilaria
Desert mother.
4th c.
In fiction
Hilaria
Roman festival.

Names connected to Hilaria.

The number behind Hilaria.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Hilaria reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.