Hilaria
f.
Latin hilaria 'cheerful, lively, light-hearted'.
The name of an early saint and martyr.
Cf. also Eulalia; these two names shared many spellings in medieval England, and are thus often impossible to distinguish in some contexts.
- England
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- English
- ● 1588 Ellery DEmar-vol2 p. 16;
1598 Ellory ibid. p. 37
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1147 Hylaria (abl) clairvaux-12thc 15;
1163–64 Alaria (nom) ibid. 115;
1164 Alaria (nom) ibid. 121
- Old French
- ● 1313 Alaire Paris1313 p. 16
Preview. DO NOT cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Hilaria". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2015/1/name/Hilaria.