Hector () is an English, French, Scottish, and Spanish

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

. 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 ''ékhein'', meaning "to have", "to hold", "to check", "restrain". In Scotland, the name ''Hector'' is sometimes an

anglicised Anglicisation is the process by which a place or person becomes influenced by English culture or British culture, or a process of cultural and/or linguistic change in which something non-English becomes English. It can also refer to the influen ...

form of the Scottish Gaelic '' Eachann'', and the pet form ''Heckie'' is sometimes used. The name of Sir Ector, the foster father of

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, is also a variant of the same.

Etymology

In Greek, is a derivative of the verb ἔχειν ''ékhein'', archaic form * grc, ἕχειν, hékhein, label=none ('to have' or 'to hold'), from Proto-Indo-European *'' seɡ́ʰ-'' ('to hold'). , or as found in Aeolic poetry, is also an epithet of Zeus in his capacity as 'he who holds verything together. Hector's name could thus be taken to mean 'holding fast'.

Cognates

* Irish: ''Eachtar'' * Italian: '' Ettore'' * Portuguese: ''Heitor'' * Greek: Modern Greek: ''Έκτορας'' (Ectoras), Ancient Greek: ''Ἕκτωρ'' (Hector)

People with the name

* Hector Abhayavardhana (1919-2012), Sri Lankan Sinhala Trotskyist politician * Hector Appuhamy, Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for

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* Hector Arawwawala, Governor of North Western Province, Sri Lanka from July 1994 - January 1995 *

Héctor Ávila Héctor Julio Ávila (born July 14, 1972 in Santiago de los Caballeros) is a retired boxer from the Dominican Republic.Héctor Ballesteros Héctor Fabio Ballesteros Vélez (born October 18, 1981 in Cali, Valle del Cauca) is a retired male weightlifter from Colombia. He won a gold medal for his native South American country at the 2003 Pan American Games, and competed at the 2004 ...

, Colombian weightlifter * Héctor Bellerín, Spanish football (soccer) player * Hector Boece, a Scottish philosopher and historian *

Hector Berlioz In Greek mythology, Hector (; grc, Ἕκτωρ, Hektōr, label=none, ) is a character in Homer's Iliad. He was a Trojan prince and the greatest warrior for Troy during the Trojan War. Hector led the Trojans and their allies in the defense o ...

, French composer * Hector (Toe) Blake, Canadian hall of fame hockey player and coach *

Hector Luis Bustamante Héctor Luis Bustamante (born March 12, 1972) is a Colombian-American actor. He is best known for his emotionally-charged performance as Pedro Vera in the 2008 original LMN movie '' Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story''. He current stars i ...

, Colombian actor * Héctor Carrasco, Dominican baseball player * Héctor Castaño, Colombian road cyclist *

Hector Charlesworth Hector Willoughby Charlesworth (28 September 1872 – 30 December 1945) was a Canadian writer, editor, and critic. Biography Hector Charlesworth was born in Hamilton on 28 September 1872. He married Katherine Ryan on 15 February 1897, and they ...

, Canadian writer, editor and critic * Hector Crawford, Australian radio and television producer * Hector de Zayas, U.S. Marine Corps officer and Navy Cross recipient *

Hector Deheragoda Ekanayake Rajapakse Kodippilli Dissanayake Mudiyanseralahamilaye Hector Deheragoda was the 26th Solicitor General of Ceylon The Solicitor General of Sri Lanka is a post subordinate to the Attorney General of Sri Lanka. The Solicitor General of ...

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from 1970-1972 *

Héctor del Curto Héctor del Curto is an Argentine tango bandoneon player. Born in Buenos Aires, he began to study tango music at a young age, winning the Best Bandoneon under 25 when only 17 years old. Following that honour, he played with the late tango gian ...

, Argentine tango bandoneon player * Héctor Delgado, reggaeton artist * Héctor Elizondo, Puerto Rican-American actor *

Héctor Ferri Héctor Américo Ferri (born October 16, 1968) is a retired footballer from Ecuador who played as a midfielder during his professional career. International career He obtained a total number of six caps (no goals) for the Ecuadorian national sid ...

, Ecuadorian football (soccer) player * Hector Halsall, English rugby league footballer with Swinton RLFC in the 1920s * Hector A. Hanson, American farmmer and politician * Hector Hetherington, Scottish philosopher * Héctor King, Mexican recording artist * Hector Kobbekaduwa, Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and politician * Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican salsa singer * Hector Lombard, Cuban-Australian mixed martial artist * Hector Munro Macdonald, Scottish mathematician * Hector Carsewell Macpherson, Scottish writer and journalist * Héctor Moreno (footballer), Mexican football (soccer) player * Hector Munro, 8th laird of Novar, a Scottish-born British soldier who became the ninth

Commander-in-Chief, India During the period of the Company rule in India and the British Raj, the Commander-in-Chief, India (often "Commander-in-Chief ''in'' or ''of'' India") was the supreme commander of the British Indian Army. The Commander-in-Chief and most of his ...

Hector Hugh Munro Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and cultur ...

, British writer who used the pseudonym Saki * Héctor Noguera, Chilean television, film and theatre actor *

Héctor Germán Oesterheld Héctor Germán Oesterheld, also known as his common abbreviation HGO (born July 23, 1919; disappeared and presumed dead 1977), was an Argentine journalist and writer of graphic novels and comics. He has come to be celebrated as a master in his ...

, Argentine journalist and writer of graphic novels and comics * Hector Ó hEochagáin, Irish radio and television presenter * Héctor Palacio, Colombian road racing cyclist *

Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau (June 13, 1912 – October 24, 1943) was a French Canadian poet and painter, who "was posthumously hailed as a herald of the Quebec literary renaissance of the 1950s".Roger Cardinal,Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, ...

, Canadian poet *

Héctor Soto Héctor Soto (born June 28, 1978 in New York City, New York) is a former volleyball player from Puerto Rico, who was a member of the Men's National Team that ended up in sixth place at the 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup in Japan and received the Be ...

, Puerto Rican volleyball player * Héctor Thomas, Venezuelan decathlete * Héctor Timerman, Argentine foreign minister * Hector Tyndale, American military officer *

Héctor Velásquez Héctor "Joto" Velásquez Vergara (9 February 1952 – 18 August 2010) was a boxer from Chile. He represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate ...

, Chilean boxer * Héctor Vidal Martínez, Paraguayan football (soccer) midfielder * Héctor Vilches, Uruguayan football (soccer) player * Héctor Yan (born 1999), Dominican Republic professional baseball player

Arthurian legend

* Sir Ector * Hector de Maris

Fictional characters

;Monomial characters * Hector, minor character in the book series '' A Series of Unfortunate Events'' * Hector (Ambrosia Mascot), parrot, unofficial mascot of games company Ambrosia Software * Hector (Castlevania), from ''Castlevania: Curse of Darkness'' *

Hector (Fire Emblem) ''Fire Emblem'', also officially known as ''Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade'', is a tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance handheld video game console. It is the seventh in ...

, from the ''Fire Emblem'' video game franchise *

Hector (Marvel Comics) Pantheon is a fictional organization appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Peter David, the Pantheon first appeared in '' The Incredible Hulk'' vol. 2 #368 (April 1990), and was a large part of that boo ...

, a Marvel Comics superhero * Hector: Fat Arse of the Law, in the adventure video game ''Hector: Badge of Carnage'' * Hector, a polite robot of the father and son android pair Hector and Vector in "Greetings from Earth" (1979), an episode of the '' Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)'' * Hector, the evil robot in the film '' Saturn 3'' * Hector, a character in the film '' Coco'' ;Monomial with descriptor * Hector the Bulldog, in ''

Looney Tunes ''Looney Tunes'' is an American Animated cartoon, animated comedy short film series produced by Warner Bros. starting from 1930 to 1969, concurrently with its partner series ''Merrie Melodies'', during the golden age of American animation.

'' cartoons *

Hector the Cat Hector the Cat (also known as Hector Cat, Hector the Road Safety Cat or simply Hector) is a fictional cat and mascot created to aid the teaching of road safety to children in Australia. Educational material relating to the character was developed b ...

, a mascot for the teaching of road safety to children in Australia * Hector the Dog, in the British children's television series '' Hector's House'' ;Binomial characters * Hector Alembick, character from '' King Ottokar's Sceptre'' * Hector Barbossa, in the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' film series * Hector Bowen, aka Prospero the Enchanter, from the novel The Night Circus * Hector Ruiz, from the American television series The Electric Company * Hector Cruz, from the American animated television series '' Ozzy & Drix'' * Hector "Hec" Faulkner, a character from the film ''

Hunt for the Wilderpeople ''Hunt for the Wilderpeople'' is a 2016 New Zealand adventure comedy-drama film written and directed by Taika Waititi, whose screenplay was based on the book ''Wild Pork and Watercress'' by Barry Crump. Sam Neill and Julian Dennison play "Uncle" ...

'' * Hector Garcia, a character from '' Zits'' * Hector Gonzales, in the film ''For Your Eyes Only'' * Hector Hall, a DC Comics character * Hector Hammond, a DC Comics supervillain. * Hector "High Five" Nieves, one of the two main characters in the animated web television series '' Glitch Techs''. * Hector Ricardo, a minor character in the Lorien Legacies series * Hector Salamanca, a character in ''

Breaking Bad ''Breaking Bad'' is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. Set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series follows Walter White (Bryan Cranston), an underpaid, overqualified, and dispirited hig ...

'' and ''

Better Call Saul ''Better Call Saul'' is an American crime and legal drama television series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. Part of the ''Breaking Bad'' franchise, it is a spin-off of Gilligan's previous series, '' Breaking Bad'', and serves as a ...

'' * Hector Williams, one of the main characters in the American television show '' The Unit'' * Hector "Zero" Zeroni, a character in the novel '' Holes'' and its

film adaption A film adaptation is the transfer of a work or story, in whole or in part, to a feature film. Although often considered a type of derivative work, film adaptation has been conceptualized recently by academic scholars such as Robert Stam as a dial ...

;Polynomial characters *

Hector Con Carne The American animated television series ''Grim & Evil'' created by Maxwell Atoms for Cartoon Network. It consists of two segments which were eventually spun off into their own series, ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' and '' Evil Con Carne' ...

, the main character from the American animated series '' Evil Con Carne''

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