Given name & surname
Lector
“one who is disturbed”
Lector is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “one who is disturbed.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “one who is disturbed.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lector through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 0 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 1912
- 5 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 girls is 5 in 1919. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lector’s family of names
Lector has a related form in Lektor. Lector has a related form in Lictor. Lector has a related form in Liktor.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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