Hilarius

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Hilario in US United States, PH Philippines, VE Venezuela and 9 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Hilarius is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Danish given name91 records spelled Hilarius6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark

  Also written Hilaríus

• French given name74 records spelled Hilarius4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Canada, Belgium

  Also written Hilaire

• Spanish given name53 records spelled Hilarius40 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Swahili

  Also written Hilario, Hilário, Hilàrio, Hilarió, Hïlärïo

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Hilarius is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, pope

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In German, from Latin Hilarius 'the cheerful one'

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• In Latin, from Greek hilaros 'cheerful'

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• In Latin, name of a fourth-century saint, meaning cheerful, happy.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●

• Hilarius of Aquileiab. 200ITRoman Catholic bishop
• Hilarius Pictaviensisb. 315FRBishop of Poitiers (c. 310 – c. 367)
• Hilary of Arlesb. 401FRnot in their usual namebishop of Arles
• Hilariusb. 415ITpope (415-468)
• Hilariusb. 1075FRAugustinian canon and poet
• Theobald Hilarius Marchandb. 1741FRactor
• Hilarius Breitingerb. 1907DEGerman priest (1907-1994)
• Hilarius Gilgesb. 1909DEGerman actor, dancer and activist
• Gregor von Rezzorib. 1914ATnot in their usual nameAustrian journalist, actor and writer (1914–1998)
• Hilarius Moa Nurakb. 1943IDRoman-Catholic bishop (1943-2016)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 94 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Hilarius?

We estimate roughly 24 thousand people bear Hilarius (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Hilarius have the most bearers?

Hilarius is most frequently recorded in Venezuela, where it is most often spelled hilario.

Where is Hilarius most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Hilarius is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 7.9 thousand people — even though Venezuela holds more of our records for it.

Is Hilarius a male or female name?

Hilarius is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Hilarius mean?

Recorded meaning: ) Hilar: männl. Vom. latei­ nischen Ursprungs (zu lat.