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Name Hector

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From a Old Greek word for hold, possess

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About the name Hector in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	Spanish, French, English
US 2021 rank:	#360 ... 358:Tanner, 359:Fernando, 360:Hector, 361:Titus, 362:Lawson ... Full US 2021 list
Similarly written:	Héctor, Heitor, Hektor, Hester, Mentor, Nestor, Victor, Víctor Details

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About Hektor, the group of names with the same origin as Hector

Language of origin:	Old Greek
Info about origin:	in Greek mythology Hector was a Trojan hero who fell in a fight with Achill
	quite frequent in Italy in the form Ettore
Words:	ekhein = to hold, to possess Old Greek
Topics:	Greek mythology
Variants' top ranks:	3:Heitor Brazil official 2020, 24:Héctor Spain 2006, 43:Ettore Italy 2023, 61:Hector Paris 2019
Old/original forms:	Hektor Old Greek
Name variants:	Ettore, Hector, Héctor, Heitor, Hektor Sortable list Details

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Popularity lists that contain the name Hector

Series	Graph	Rankings
England+Wales decades		1904 89
France		2002 365
France/Paris	Graph	2019 61, 2018 63, 2017 74, 2016 73, 2015 66
Scotland		2021 191
USA decades	Graph	2000-2009 187, 1990-1999 150, 1980-1989 142, 1970-1979 194
USA yearly	Graph	2023 384, 2022 354, 2021 360, 2020 364, 2019 341, 2018 329, 2017 317, 2016 319, 2015 303, 2014 291, 2013 277, 2012 267, 2011 247, 2010 226, 2009 204, 2008 182, 2007 183, 2006 175, 2005 166, 2004 192, 2003 189, 2002 194, 2001 193, 2000 185, 1999 183, 1998 185, 1997 179, 1996 172, 1995 175, 1994 161, 1993 158

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