Name: Pilar

Gender: Female

Usage: Pilar, of basque origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.

People having the name Pilar are in general originating from France, Guam, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America.

Meaning: The meaning of the name Pilar is: Pillar, Pillar of strength.

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The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 11. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: charismatic, inspiring, dreamy, six-sensed, discerning.

Interpretation:
Qualities: Charismatic, Inspiring
Ruling planet: Moon
Colors: Green, Cream
Gemstones: Pearl, Jade, Moonstone

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The name Pilar is ranked on the 2,892nd position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.

We estimate that there are at least 124800 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.002% of the population. The name Pilar has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.

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Pilar is a feminine Spanish language given name; traditionally short for "Maria del Pilar". It may refer to:

  • Pilar Arlando (born 1989), a Portuguese holder of the title of Miss World Singapore for 2009–2010
  • Pilar Barbosa (1898–1997), a Puerto Rican educator, historian and political activist
  • Pilar Bardem (born 1939), a Spanish film and television actress
  • Pilar Barreiro (born 1955), a Spanish politician
  • Pilar Barrios (1889–1974), an important poet of the black community of Uruguay
  • Pilar Bastardés, a Spanish actress
  • Pilar Bosley (born 1988), an American ice dancer
  • Pilar del Castillo (born 1952), a Spanish Member of the European Parliament
  • Pilar de Lusarreta (1914–1967), an Argentine author and critic
  • Pilar Geijo (born 1984), an Argentine Marathon swimmer
  • Pilar Hidalgo (born 1979), a Spanish female athlete
  • Pilar Hidalgo-Lim (1893–1973), a Filipino educator and civic leader
  • Pilar Homem de Melo (born 1963), a Portuguese singer-songwriter
  • Pilar Lastra (born 1981), an American model
  • Pilar López de Ayala (born 1978), a Spanish film actress
  • Pilar López Júlvez (1912–2008), Spanish choreographer and ballerina
  • Pilar Lorengar (1928–1996), a Spanish soprano
  • Pilar Manjón (born 1958), president of the association for the victims of 11-M (11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings)
  • Pilar Mateos (born 1942), a Spanish writer of Children's literature
  • Pilar Mazzetti (born 1946), a Peruvian doctor who currently holds the title of Minister of the Interior
  • Pilar Medina (born c. 1956), the first Spanish delegate to win the Miss International title in 1977
  • Pilar Miró (1940–1997), an awarded Spanish screenwrite and film director
  • Pilar Montenegro (born 1969), a Mexican Latin pop singer and actress
  • Pilar Muñoz, a Spanish singer, member of the band Las Ketchup
  • Pilar Nores de García (born 1949), an Argentine economist
  • Pilar Pallete (born 1936), a former Peruvian actress and third wife of the American film star John Wayne
  • Pilar Pellicer (born 1938), a Mexican film actress
  • Pilar Rahola (born 1958), a Catalan Spanish journalist, writer and former politician and MP
  • Pilar Ramírez, a Mexican synchronized swimmer
  • Pilar Revuelta, a Spanish film set decorator and art director
  • Pilar Roldán (born 1939), a former Mexican fencer
  • Pilar Rubio (born 1978), a Spanish reporter and TV presenter
  • Pilar Ruiz-Lapuente (born 1964), a Spanish astrophysicist working as a professor in University of Barcelona
  • Pilar Ruiz-Lozano (born 1963), a Spanish-American biologist working as a professor at Stanford University
  • Pilar Seurat (1938–2001), a Filipina-American film and television actress

Spanish: name referring to a title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Pilar ‘Our Lady of the Pillar’. The story is that in AD 40 the Virgin appeared, standing on a pillar, to St James the Greater at Saragossa. The vocabulary word pilar is masculine, but this has not inhibited its use as a feminine given name.
Pet forms: Pili (most commonly found in the combination Maripili); Pilita, Piluca.

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