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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- Early Modern English
- ● 1588 Ellery DEmar-vol2 p. 16;
1598 Ellory ibid. p. 37
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1147 Hylaria (abl) clairvaux-12thc 15
- Old French
- ● 1313 Alaire Paris1313 p. 16
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Hilaria". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2016/2/name/Hilaria.