Given name & surname
Hektor
Hektor is a masculine given name. It is used in Swedish and Albanian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Hektor is a variant of Hector. An origin associated with Hector is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Hektor is a variant of Hector. The history of Hector gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Hector is associated with the prince of Troy.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Hektor through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 101
- 101 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −44%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 150 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hektor’s family of names
Hektor has a related form in Hector. In Swedish usage, Hektor has a conventional equivalent in the English form Hector.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hektor
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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