Baby name
Ilara
/ee · LAH · rah/
Meaning
“Cheerful or merry”
Italian and Brazilian feminine name, a variant of Ilaria, from Latin 'hilaris' meaning cheerful or merry, the same root as Hillary.
How it ages.
Warm and melodic; the variant spelling gives it a slightly more exotic register than Ilaria.
The cultural moment.
Used in Italy and Brazil as a less common variant of Ilaria; stable but niche.