Hilmar is a Germanic and Nordic given name, meaning famous/notorious fighter/noble/protector.

Hilmar may refer to:

Places Hilmar, California Hilmar Cheese Company, cheese and whey products manufacturer headquartered in Hilmar, California Hilmar-Irwin, census-designated place (CDP) in Merced County, California, United States

People Given name Hilmar Baunsgaard (1920–1989), Danish politician Hilmar Björnsson (born 1969), Icelandic football (soccer) player Hilmar Duerbeck (1948–2012), German astronomer Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson (born 1958), musician and art director Hilmar Hoffmann (1925–2018), German cultural worker and functionary Hilmar Kabas (born 1942), Austrian politician Hilmar Meincke Krohg (1776–1851), Norwegian politician Hilmar Kopper (1935–2021), German banker and former Chairman of the Board of Deutsche Bank Hilmar Moore (1920–2012), American rancher and the mayor of Richmond, Texas Hilmar Myhra (1915–2013), Norwegian ski jumper Hilmar Reksten (1897–1980), Norwegian shipping magnate Hilmar Martinus Strøm (1817–?), Norwegian politician Hilmar Thate (1931–2016), German actor Hilmar Wäckerle (1899–1941), German soldier in the German Imperial Army and the Waffen-SS Hilmar Weilandt (born 1966), German football player Hilmar Wictorin (1894–1964), Swedish water polo player and Olympian Hilmar Zahn (1919–2008), highly decorated paratrooper and captain in the Nazi German army

Middle name Geir Hilmar Haarde (born 1951), Icelandic politician and former Prime Minister Jobst-Hilmar von Bose (1897–1949), decorated military in the German Empire and in Nazi Germany Paul Hilmar Jensen (1930–2004), Norwegian philatelist

Family name Ernst Hilmar (1938–2016), Austrian librarian, editor, and musicologist Gustav Hilmar (1891–1967), Czechoslovak film actor