Hila
Fewer than 200 women in Poland carry Hila, so most people here have never met one. It comes from Hebrew, where the word names the ring of light around the moon or a lamp: a halo, an aura.
Hila Pronunciation
Hila is pronounced KHEE-lah (/ˈxila/).
What Hila means
Where Hila comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Hila comes from Hebrew, where הילה names the ring of light around the moon or a lamp. In plainer English we would call it a halo, an aura. The name belongs to Jewish naming, and it entered use as a whole word, with no diminutives or variants trailing after it. Hila stands on its own.
The meaning sits close to the source. The Hebrew noun traces back to the root halal, "to praise, to shine," so the glow was already in the word before it became a name. A child called Hila is given the name of the light itself rather than the one who wears it. In Israel the name climbed high, ranking among the most popular girls' names there in 2012.
On a Polish class register it reads short and clear, four letters, easy to call out at roll. There is no Hila fixed in the Polish name-day calendar, which leaves the imieniny open to choose. What the name keeps, wherever it is written down, is its plain sense: aureola, poświata, the halo and the glow.
How many people are named Hila
1 in 117416 women in Poland is named Hila. 192 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2287 among female names.
Hila's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Hila as a middle name
Hila is a first name for 192 women in Poland and a middle name for another 19, a 91/9 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1668th, between Hava (19) and Hà (19).
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#1666 Gisele19
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#1667 Hava19
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#1668 Hila19
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#1669 Hà19
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#1670 Ifeoluwa19