Comments for the name Pilar

It's pronounced PEE-lar.

I'm fairly certain that the stress is actually on the second syllable: pee-LAR.

Pronounced "pee-LAHYR" (rolling "r") with the stress placed on the second syllable, not the former. The first comment is incorrect.

Name date: October 12.

Pilar is the name of a member of Las Ketchup. She is the blonde one in the music video, but they all dye their hair.

While living in Spain I had a friend named Pilar. Her nickname was Pili (pee-lee).

Pilar Lopèz de Ayala is a Spanish actress.

In Spain, you kick a stone and find six or seven Pilars. All too common, but it's receding. Not ugly, though.

In Cien años de soledad/One Hundred Years of Solitude, Pilar Ternera is the long-lived friend to the Buendía family, tarot-reader, whore and brothel madam.

My name is Pilar. I think this is a beautiful name, I am proud to be named that.

Pilar is sort of a nice-sounding name, but since it's one letter short of actually being Pillar, and since I speak English, I'm not quite certain how or whether I'd use it.

I'm from Zaragoza, Spain, and Pilar is the most popular name here. I know, at least, 20 women named Pilar. The nickname is Pili.

I read a book in which one of the characters was named Pilar (Dreaming in Cuban) and because of it, I could never use this name. Not that I liked it much to begin with, but the book is so weird and disturbing that I would never be able to use the name without thinking of the crazy things the women in the book did.

A pillar is a symbol of strength, someone you lean can on. I see someone named Pilar as being very trustworthy and dependable.

A famous bearer is Peruvian actress Pilar Pallette (born 1936). She was also the third wife of John Wayne.

Name of the Day - August 27, 2009.

This is the name of a friend of mine. She's Portuguese. Her name suits her very much because she's really tall.

Beautiful name!