Name Héctor

Origin:

From a Old Greek word for hold, possess

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About the name Héctor in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	Spanish
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Hector, Heitor, Hektor, Hester, Mentor, Nestor, Victor, Víctor Details

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

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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