Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Ector isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ector through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 783
- 783 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 21 in 1995. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 747 as a first name in 2020; 994 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ector’s family of names
Ector may belong to the same name family as ECTTOR. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Ector, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Nestor
“to return safely”
>99% boys
Efrain
“one who is tertile; productive” · “fruitful”
>99% boys
Trevor
“from the large village”
>99% boys
DeAndre
“a manly man”
>99% boys
Conor
“lover of hounds” · “a wolf-lover”
>99% boys
Deon
“of the sacred spring”
99% boys · 1% girls
Alec
“helper and defender of mankind”
>99% boys
Bernardo
“as strong and brave as a bear”
>99% boys