Meaning of the nameHillary

Female
Latin origin
Hil-la-ry

Hillary is a feminine name of Latin origin, an English variant of Hilary, linked to the Latin Hilarius and Hilaria, which mean "cheerful".

Meaning

“cheerful”

Source: Wiktionary: Hilary

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People (2022): 8,563
Rank in Brazil: #1,902
Median age: 11 years
2010 Census: 3,073; people

Hillary in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Hillary, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (3,388 people).

8,453 women 110 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Hillary is most common

States with the highest share of people named Hillary in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Alagoas 0.007%
Amazonas 0.007%
Sergipe 0.006%
Espírito Santo 0.006%
Rio de Janeiro 0.005%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,269	0.005%
Minas Gerais	864	0.004%
Rio de Janeiro	847	0.005%
Paraná	548	0.005%
Bahia	513	0.004%
Pará	390	0.005%
Maranhão	298	0.004%
Amazonas	279	0.007%
Rio Grande do Sul	266	0.002%
Pernambuco	256	0.003%
Goiás	238	0.003%
Alagoas	224	0.007%
Espírito Santo	209	0.006%
Ceará	184	0.002%
Paraíba	148	0.004%
Mato Grosso	147	0.004%
Santa Catarina	143	0.002%
Sergipe	133	0.006%
Mato Grosso do Sul	98	0.004%
Distrito Federal	91	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	84	0.003%
Roraima	79	0.012%
Acre	58	0.007%
Amapá	55	0.008%
Rondônia	54	0.003%
Piauí	52	0.002%
Tocantins	36	0.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Hillary

Wiktionary records Hillary as a name of Latin origin: in the feminine, from Hilaria; in the masculine, from Hilarius, a word linked to the Latin adverb hilare, "cheerfully". The entry for Hilary translates Hilarius as "cheerful, happy", and Behind the Name describes Hillary as an English feminine variant of Hilary. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 8,563 people named Hillary, with a median age of 11. Almost all are female and were born from the 1990s onward. The two spellings in the group, Hillary and Hilary, differ only by the doubled L.

Spelling with two Ls, the most common in the group.

Other spellings of Hillary

Spelling	People (2022)
Hillary	8,563
Hilary	4,846

Sources

Wiktionary: Hillary · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Hilary · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Hillary · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Hillary

What does the name Hillary mean?

Hillary means “cheerful”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Hillary in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 8,563 people with the first name Hillary, which ranks it number 1,902 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Hillary a boy's or a girl's name?

Hillary is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 8,453 women and 110 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Hillary?

Hillary is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Hillary most common?

Proportionally, in Alagoas: 0.007% of the state's population is named Hillary (224 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Hillary?

Hilary. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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