Hillary
Also spelled: Hilary
Usually a girl's name
- Literal meaning
- From Latin Hilarius and Hilaria, from hilaris, 'cheerful' Well attested
The double l suggests 'hill', but the name comes from the Latin for 'cheerful'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Popularity
US 2025: #2592 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #5927
Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
This name's meaning doesn't link to one of the five elements, so it isn't matched to a chart here.
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Related in meaning in Chinese
- 乐 lè happy Traditional form: 樂 Share this pair: 乐
- 怡 yí joy Share this pair: 怡
- 悦 yuè pleased Traditional form: 悅 Share this pair: 悦
- 欣 xīn joyful Share this pair: 欣
- 忻 xīn joyful Share this pair: 忻
- 恺 kǎi joyful Traditional form: 愷 Share this pair: 恺
Source: Unicode Unihan