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arielvfu



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Post Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 1:38 pm      Post subject: Gilary/ Hilary
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the surnames we know about are Gilary/Gilari which was changed and before that was Hilary/Hilari
is there any known meaning to the names?

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Elzbieta Porteneuve
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Post Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 12:49 pm      Post subject: Re: Gilary/ Hilary
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arielvfu wrote:
the surnames we know about are Gilary/Gilari which was changed and before that was Hilary/Hilari
is there any known meaning to the names?


The English etymology provides an answer, and says "the name was more popular in France than in England":
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Hilary

If you try French etymology
http://www.cnrtl.fr/etymologie/hilaire
it says it's derived from "hile" and "aire"
For "hile", the answer goes to Latin:
Empr. au lat. class.hilum « un rien, une parcelle; point noir au haut de la fève (d'apr. Paul Diacre ds TLL s.v., 2790, 49) ».
"hile" is something very small, almost nothing, a dot on a bean; "aire" means surface

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