“Traditionally, Hilary was the form used for males and Hillary for females, but since there are so few boy Hilarys these days, that tradition has fallen by the wayside.”
I was extremely excited to see this little note because I was always told that two Ls was the female version growing up but this is the first evidence I’ve ever seen of that being something more than just “random things people told little Hillary.” I now feel completely validated for all the smug superiority I’ve always felt over people who spell it differently than me.
But this name site has a feature that tells you what other names people who like yours like and, well, look at this list:
Seriously, people? There’s, what, five non-weird names on there? If that?
…and just like that I’m having a complex that I have a freaky weird name. That Hillary is a name that attracts weird people to it. So, basically, this website just insulted me, my name and my mom (who named me) all in one fell swoop.
I should totally have Zayden, Lekszi and Carsten over and we can all cry about it together.
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
