Ilaria
A Greek name meaning "cheerful," used in Italy before it turned up in Poland. Only about 130 women here carry it, so most Poles have never met one, and the handful of newborns each year keeps it that way.
Ilaria Pronunciation
Ilaria is pronounced ee-LAHR-yah (/iˈlarja/).
What Ilaria means
Where Ilaria comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ilaria begins with a Greek word, hilaros, meaning cheerful. Latin took that word and made it a name, Hilaria, from the same root that gives us hilarious. Italian softened the whole thing into Ilaria, dropping the rough breathing and keeping the brightness. The short meaning stayed close to the source. Cheerful, glad, the opposite of gloom.
The name has a face in stone. Ilaria del Carretto died young in 1405, and Jacopo della Quercia carved her tomb in Lucca Cathedral. A dog rests at her feet. Visitors still stop there.
In Poland the name arrives without much luggage. No diminutive has grown around it yet. On a class register it sits between older Polish names and reads as foreign and clear. A teacher calling it out gives the r a Polish roll. The sense the name carries is simple: radosna, cheerful.
How many people are named Ilaria
1 in 169503 women in Poland is named Ilaria. 133 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2881 among female names.
Ilaria's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Ilaria is most popular
Ilaria is most popular in Podlaskie, 721% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+205%) and Greater Poland (+151%).
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Podlaskie2 girls born+721%
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Masovian4 girls born+205%
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Greater Poland2 girls born+151%
Ilaria as a middle name
Ilaria is a first name for 133 women in Poland and a middle name for another 12, a 92/8 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 2161st, between Huberta (12) and Iulia (12).
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#2159 Henia12
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#2160 Huberta12
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#2161 Ilaria12
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#2162 Iulia12
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#2163 Izabell12