Hector (given name)
Encyclopedia
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 Greek language
Hektor is probably derived from the Greek language ekhein, meaning "to check", "restrain". In Scotland, the name Hector, is sometimes an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic Eachann
. In Scotland, Heckie is a pet form of Hector; in Scotland a feminine form of Hector is Hectorina.
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
. The name is derived from the name of Hektor, a legendary Trojan
Troy
Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, located in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey, southeast of the Dardanelles and beside Mount Ida...
champion who was killed by the Greek Achilles
Achilles
In Greek mythology, Achilles was a Greek hero of the Trojan War, the central character and the greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad.Plato named Achilles the handsomest of the heroes assembled against Troy....
. The name Greek language
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
Hektor is probably derived from the Greek language ekhein, meaning "to check", "restrain". In Scotland, the name Hector, is sometimes an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic Eachann
Eachann
Eachann is a masculine given name in the Irish and Scottish Gaelic languages. The early form of the name was Eachdonn. The name is compose of two elements; the first element is each, meaning "horse". The second element is donn, which has been given two different meanings. One proposed meaning is...
. In Scotland, Heckie is a pet form of Hector; in Scotland a feminine form of Hector is Hectorina.
Cognates
- IrishIrish languageIrish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
: Eachtar. - ItalianItalian languageItalian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
: Ettore. - PortuguesePortuguese languagePortuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
: Heitor.
People with the name
- Héctor AvilaHéctor AvilaHéctor Julio Avila is a retired boxer from the Dominican Republic.Avila competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the Men's Flyweight division by Hungary's eventual bronze medalist István Kovács...
, Dominican Republic boxer - Héctor BallesterosHéctor BallesterosHéctor Fabio Ballesteros Vélez 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 Summer Olympics....
, Colombian weightlifter - Hector BerliozHector BerliozHector Berlioz was a French Romantic composer, best known for his compositions Symphonie fantastique and Grande messe des morts . Berlioz made significant contributions to the modern orchestra with his Treatise on Instrumentation. He specified huge orchestral forces for some of his works; as a...
, French composer - Hector (Toe) Blake, Canadian hall of fame hockey player and coach
- Hector Luis BustamanteHector Luis Bustamante-Early life:He was born Héctor Luis Bustamante Durango in Medellín, Colombia to Dagoberto Bustamante and Aracelly Durango. Bustamante and his family moved to the United States when he was 12. Bustamante was an allumni of the 1989 Governor's School of New Jersey as an art scholar...
, Colombian actor - Héctor CastañoHéctor CastañoHéctor Manuel Castaño Betancurt is a retied male professional road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:1994199619992000-References:...
, Colombian road cyclist - Hector de MarisHector de MarisSir Hector de Maris is a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend. He is the younger half-brother of Lancelot and the natural son of King Ban of Benwick and the Lady de Maris. Sir Bors and Sir Lionel are his cousins....
, half-brother of Lancelot - Héctor del CurtoHector Del CurtoHéctor del Curto is a 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 honor, he played with the late tango giants Ástor Piazzolla and Osvaldo Pugliese among many others...
, Argentine tango bandoneon player - Héctor Delgado, reggaeton artist
- Héctor FerriHéctor FerriHéctor Américo Ferri is a retired footballer from Ecuador who played as a midfielder during his professional career. He obtained a total number of six caps for the Ecuadorian national side, making his debut on 1992-11-24 in a friendly match against Peru.-References:*...
, Ecuadorian football (soccer) player - Hector LombardHector LombardHector Lombard is a Cuban-Australian mixed martial artist. Lombard was a Judo Olympian competing at the Sydney 2000 Olympic games, and is a multiple time national champion and world finalist. After 2000, Lombard began pursuing a career in mixed martial arts...
, CubaCubaThe Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
n-AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n mixed martial artist - Hector de Saint-Denys GarneauHector de Saint-Denys GarneauHector de Saint-Denys Garneau was a French Canadian poet and painter, who "was posthumously hailed as a herald of the Quebec literary renaissance of the 1950s." He has been called Quebec's "first truly modern poet."-Life:...
, Canadian poet - Héctor NogueraHéctor NogueraHéctor Eugenio Noguera Illanes , is a Chilean television, theatre and film actor, also is a theatre director.Noguera is the son of Héctor Noguera Prieto Héctor Eugenio Noguera Illanes (born July 8, 1937 in Santiago), is a Chilean television, theatre and film actor, also is a theatre...
, Chilean television, film and theatre actor - Héctor PalacioHéctor PalacioHéctor Ivan Palacio Montoya, born 12 May 1969 in Envigado, is a former professional Colombian cyclist.During the 1992 Olympic Games, Palacio represented Colombia in the individual road race, where he ended 52nd.-References:...
, Colombian road racing cyclist - Héctor Soto, Puerto Rican volleyball player
- Héctor ThomasHéctor ThomasHéctor Thomas Martínez is a retired track and field athlete from Venezuela, who competed in the decathlon. He represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1960. Thomas twice won a medal at the Pan American Games during the 1960s.-References:*...
, Venezuelan decathlete - Héctor VelásquezHéctor VelásquezHéctor "Joto" Velásquez Verga was a boxer from Chile. He represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany....
, Chilean boxer - Héctor Vidal MartínezHéctor Vidal MartínezHéctor Vidal Martínez is a retired football midfielder from Paraguay. He played professional football in his native country Paraguay...
, Paragayan football (soccer) midfielder - Héctor VilchesHéctor VilchesHéctor Vilches is a former Uruguayan footballer, who played for C.A. Cerro.For the Uruguay national football team, he was part of the 1950 FIFA World Cup winning team, but did not play in any matches in the tournament...
, Uruguayan football (soccer) player