Hilary

American  

[hil-uh-ree] / ˈhɪl ə ri /

noun

1. Hilarius, Saint.

2. Also Hilaire a male or female given name: from a Latin word meaning “cheerful.”

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Example Sentences

The pucks are featured in an “Olympics ‘26” display that also contains a hockey stick used by Brady Tkachuk of the U.S. team and a U.S. jersey worn by four-time Olympian Hilary Knight.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Soprano Hilary Cronin was a dazzling, lyrical Iole, her precisely calibrated da capo arias capturing the princess’s serene acceptance of her lot and her consoling, thoughtful presence—the antithesis of the disturbed Dejanira.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Hilary Knight and Hannah Bilka, two of the stars of Team USA's gold medal winning women's ice hockey squad, were ready for their closeup on the Oscars red carpet.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

The review was triggered following the publication of a major report into children's gender care by Dr Hilary Cass in April 2024, which said "remarkably weak evidence" on medical interventions was letting children down.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Hilary Putnam claimed in 1975 that realism, the belief that science gets at the truth, ‘is the only philosophy that doesn’t make the success of science a miracle’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton