Hector (given name)
| Hector | |
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Sculpture of Hektor being brought back to Troy, dating from c.180–200 CE. | |
| Gender | masculine |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | prob. ekhein "to check", "restrain" |
| Region of origin | England, France, Scotland, Spain |
| Other names | |
| Derived | Hektor |
| Related names | Eachann; Hector (surname) |
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Hector is an English, French, Scottish, and Spanish given name. The name is derived from the name of Hektor, a legendary Trojan champion who was killed by the Greek Achilles. The name Hektor is probably derived from the Greek ekhein, meaning "to check", "restrain". In Scotland, the name Hector is sometimes an anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic Eachann, and the pet form Heckie is sometimes used. The name of Sir Ector, the foster father of King Arthur, is also a variant of the same. [1]
Cognates
- Irish: Eachtar.[2]
- Italian: Ettore.[1]
- Portuguese: Heitor.[1]
- Greek: Modern Greek: Έκτορας (Ectoras), Ancient Greek: Ἕκτωρ (Hector)
People with the name
- Héctor Avila, Dominican Republic boxer
- Héctor Ballesteros, Colombian weightlifter
- Hector Berlioz, French composer
- Hector (Toe) Blake, Canadian hall of fame hockey player and coach
- Hector Luis Bustamante, Colombian actor
- Héctor Castaño, Colombian road cyclist
- Hector Charlesworth, Canadian writer, editor and critic
- Hector Crawford, Australian radio and television producer
- Hector de Maris, half-brother of Lancelot
- Héctor del Curto, Argentine tango bandoneon player
- Héctor Delgado, reggaeton artist
- Héctor Elizondo, Puerto Rican-American actor
- Héctor Ferri, Ecuadorian football (soccer) player
- Héctor King, Mexican recording artist
- Hector Lombard, Cuban-Australian mixed martial artist
- Héctor Moreno (footballer), Mexican football (soccer) player
- Héctor Noguera, Chilean television, film and theatre actor
- Héctor Palacio, Colombian road racing cyclist
- Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet
- Héctor Soto, Puerto Rican volleyball player
- Héctor Thomas, Venezuelan decathlete
- Héctor Timerman, Argentinian foreign minister
- Hector Tyndale, American military officer
- Héctor Velásquez, Chilean boxer
- Héctor Vidal Martínez, Paragayan football (soccer) midfielder
- Héctor Vilches, Uruguayan football (soccer) player
Arthurian legend
Fictional characters
- Hector (A Series of Unfortunate Events), in the book series
- Hector (Ambrosia Mascot), parrot, unofficial mascot of games company Ambrosia Software
- Hector (Castlevania), from Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
- Hector (Fire Emblem), from the Fire Emblem video game franchise
- Hector Barbossa, in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series
- Hector the Bulldog, in Looney Tunes cartoons
- Hector the Cat, a mascot for the teaching of road safety to children in Australia
- Hector Con Carne, the main character from the American animated series Evil Con Carne
- Hector Cruz, from the American animated television series Ozzy & Drix
- Hector the Dog, in the British children's television series Hector's House
- Hector Gonzales, in the film For Your Eyes Only
- Hector Hall, a DC Comics character
- Hector Williams, one of the main characters in the American television show The Unit
- Hector (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics superhero
- Hector : Fat Arse of the Law, in the adventure video game Hector: Badge of Carnage
- Hector, a scary truck in the British children's television series Thomas & Friends; see Rolling stock (Thomas and Friends)
- Hector "Zero" Zeroni, a character in the novel Holes and its film adaption
- Hector Ricardo, a minor character in the Lorien Legacies series.
- Hector Garcia, a character from Zits.
See also
- Hector (disambiguation), other things named Hector on Wikipedia