Given name
Héktōr
“holding fast”
Héktōr is a masculine given name from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Proto-Hellenic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Héktōr goes back to a word meaning “holding fast.”
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Héktōr’s family of names
In Proto-Hellenic usage, Héktōr shares a linguistic root with the Ancient Greek form Ἕκτωρ.
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Across languages 1
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