Hilarion (name) explained

Hilarion is a male form of a Latin-derived name, related to the name Hilary which in modern times is mainly feminine.

People with the given name

• Hilarion the Great (291–371), anchorite
• Hilarion the Younger (8th/9th century), Byzantine abbot
• Hilarion the Iberian (born c. 822), Georgian monk
• Hilarion Alfeyev (born 1966), orthodox bishop, church historian, and composer
• Hilarión Daza (1840–1894), President of Bolivia from 1876–1879
• Hilarion of Kiev (11th century), Russian Orthodox bishop
• Hilarion-Pit Lessard (1913–1984), Canadian politician
• Hilarion (Prikhodko) (1924–2008), Russian Orthodox priest in Novgorod
• Hilarion Vendégou (1941–2020), high chief of the Isle of Pines in New Caledonia
• Master Hilarion, an Ascended Master in Theosophy
• Metropolitan Ilarion or Hilarion, various Eastern Orthodox bishops
• Anne-Hilarion de Cotentin de Tourville (1642–1701), French naval commander

People with the surname

• Auguste Hilarion, comte de Kératry (1769–1859), French poet, novelist, short story writer, literary critic, historian, and politician

Other people

• Hilarion, magical name of Marjorie Cameron
• Sister Hilarion, magical name of Jeanne Robert Foster

Fictional characters

• Prince Hilarion, one of the protagonists in the Gilbert & Sullivan comic opera Princess Ida
• Hilarion (Giselle), a gamekeeper in Adolphe Adam's romantic ballet

See also

• Saint-Hilarion, a commune in France
• Ilarion, a variant of the name