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Hector
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What Hector means
- Scottish, Greek and Spanish holding fast; used for Gaelic Eachann Greek myth: Hector, Trojan hero of the Iliad
How popular it is
Its use is steady over the last ten years.
- no. 63 in Denmark (2019)
- no. 111 in Chile (2021)
- no. 216 in France (2019)
- no. 288 in Scotland (2025)
- no. 299 in England & Wales (2024)
- no. 302 in Sweden (2020)
- no. 368 in the US (2024)
- no. 407 in Ontario & Quebec (2020)
In the United States it was most popular around 2000.
Other forms
Hector, Eachann, Hecktor, Ettore, Heitor
Names with a similar meaning
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Hector in stories
- Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade: Hector, the axe-wielding brother of Ostia's marquess
- The Iliad: Hector, the Trojan prince and defender of Troy
- Coco: Héctor, the charming skeleton who helped write the songs
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Hector Barbossa, the cursed captain