Hector Name Meaning & Origin
Hector
Pronunciation: HEHK-ter (key)
Origin of the name Hector:
Derived from the Greek Hektōr (holding fast), which is from echein (to hold, to have). The name Hector is borne in the Iliad by a Trojan hero who was killed by Achilles to avenge the death of Patroclus, Priam's oldest son.
From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
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Hector, Tamer of Horses, the elder Prince of Troy from Homer's The Iliad
- Famous real-life people named Hector
Hector Elizondo, American actor
Hector Bellerin, Spanish footballer for Arsenal FC- Hector in song, story & screen
Hector's House - a British children's cartoon in the 1970s. Always ended with a tagline that went: "I'm a xxxx old Hector" a different adjective every time.
Hector Rivera, the deuteragonist of the Pixar film, Coco
Hector "Zero" Zeroni, a group-mate/friend of D tent to Stanley Yelnats in "Holes."
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