Hillary

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Hillary

  • /ˈhɪ.lə.ɹi/ UK, US

Where it comes from

From Latin Hilarius or Hilaria, from hilare (“cheerfully”) (compare English hilarious).

proper noun Hillarys · Hilary

  1. A female given name from Latin Hilaria. On Friday, Meijer told CNN that he’s “not here to whine about the (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) coming in and meddling” in his race, referring to the House Democratic campaign arm spending spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on ads to boost Gibbs’ profile in hopes of a more favora
  2. A male given name from Latin Hilarius, variant of Hilary.
  3. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hilary, clinton, state, hailey, hayley, hermione, hortense, bernie, hadley, hailie, horatio, horace, hughina, harry, lindsay, haley

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name female given name

한국어힐러리 Hilleori
日本語ヒラリー Hirarī
中文希拉里 Xīlālǐ
हिन्दीहिलेरी hilerī
ItalianoIlaria
РусскийХи́ллари Xíllari, Хи́лари Xílari
Tiếng ViệtHi-la-ri
العربيةهِيلَارِي hīlārī

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@misc{hillary_2026,
  title = {Hillary},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hillary},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}