Meaning of the nameIlario

Ilario is a spelling of the name Hilário, which means “Italian form of Hilarius, 'cheerful, happy'”.

Meaning

“Italian form of Hilarius, 'cheerful, happy'”

Source: Wiktionary: Ilario · Wiktionary: Hilarius · Behind the Name: Hilarius

People (2022): 4,810
Rank in Brazil: #2,813
Median age: 60 years
2010 Census: 7,760; people

Ilario in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ilario, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (1,257 people).

0 women 4,791 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 Ilario is most common

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

Santa Catarina 0.010%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.009%
Tocantins 0.008%
Paraná 0.005%
Mato Grosso 0.004%

All states

State	People	% of population
Rio Grande do Sul	964	0.009%
Santa Catarina	746	0.010%
Paraná	615	0.005%
São Paulo	440	0.001%
Bahia	364	0.003%
Minas Gerais	241	0.001%
Pará	201	0.003%
Mato Grosso	148	0.004%
Espírito Santo	123	0.003%
Tocantins	121	0.008%
Mato Grosso do Sul	100	0.004%
Goiás	85	0.001%
Pernambuco	83	0.001%
Maranhão	78	0.001%
Ceará	77	0.001%
Amazonas	70	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	68	0.000%
Piauí	67	0.002%
Rondônia	52	0.003%
Paraíba	39	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	28	0.001%
Roraima	26	0.004%
Distrito Federal	20	0.001%
Amapá	15	0.002%

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

The spelling Ilario

Spelling without H and without an accent, identical to the Italian form; because IBGE does not record accents, it also includes people who write Ilário.

About the name Hilário

Wiktionary records Hilário in Portuguese as a male given name, pronounced with a silent H, /iˈla.ɾju/, and Ilario as an Italian name inherited from Latin Hilarius. For Hilarius, Wiktionary refers to Latin hilare, 'cheerfully', and gives the sense 'cheerful, happy'; Behind the Name derives it from hilaris, 'cheerful', and records Hilario as the Spanish form. The specific origin of the Portuguese form Hilário is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 7,423 people named Hilário, with a median age of 61. Both spellings are almost always male and, proportionally, most common in Santa Catarina.

Other spellings of Hilário

Spelling	People (2022)
Hilário	7,423
Ilario	4,810

Sources

Wiktionary: Ilario · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Hilarius · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Hilarius · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Hilário · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Wiktionary: Hilarius · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Ilario · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Hilarius · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Hilario · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Ilario

What does the name Ilario mean?

Ilario means “Italian form of Hilarius, 'cheerful, happy'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Ilario in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,810 people with the first name Ilario, which ranks it number 2,813 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Ilario is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 4,791 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Ilario?

Ilario is a name of Italian and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Ilario most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.010% of the state's population is named Ilario (746 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Ilario?

Hilário. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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