Hector (/ˈhɛktər/) 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 Hektor is probably derived from the
Greekékhein, meaning "to have", "to hold", "to check", "restrain". In Scotland, the name Hector is sometimes an
anglicised form of the
Scottish GaelicEachann, and the pet form Heckie is sometimes used. The name of
Sir Ector, the foster father of
King Arthur, is also a variant of the same.[2]
Etymology
In Greek, Héktōr is a derivative of the verb
ἔχεινékhein, archaic form *ἕχειν, hékhein ('to have' or 'to hold'), from
Proto-Indo-European *seɡ́ʰ- ('to hold').[3]Héktōr, or Éktōr as found in
Aeolic poetry, is also an epithet of
Zeus in his capacity as 'he who holds [everything together]'. Hector's name could thus be taken to mean 'holding fast'.[4]
Hector, a polite robot of the father and son android pair Hector and Vector in "Greetings from Earth" (1979), an episode of the Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)
^This etymology is given under "
Hector" in the Online Etymological Dictionary, which, if true, would make it an
Indo-European name, of root *seĝh-. The
Dardanians would not have been Greek, but the
language of the city of Troy is still an open question.
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.
Hector (/ˈhɛktər/) 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 Hektor is probably derived from the
Greekékhein, meaning "to have", "to hold", "to check", "restrain". In Scotland, the name Hector is sometimes an
anglicised form of the
Scottish GaelicEachann, and the pet form Heckie is sometimes used. The name of
Sir Ector, the foster father of
King Arthur, is also a variant of the same.[2]
Etymology
In Greek, Héktōr is a derivative of the verb
ἔχεινékhein, archaic form *ἕχειν, hékhein ('to have' or 'to hold'), from
Proto-Indo-European *seɡ́ʰ- ('to hold').[3]Héktōr, or Éktōr as found in
Aeolic poetry, is also an epithet of
Zeus in his capacity as 'he who holds [everything together]'. Hector's name could thus be taken to mean 'holding fast'.[4]
Hector, a polite robot of the father and son android pair Hector and Vector in "Greetings from Earth" (1979), an episode of the Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)
^This etymology is given under "
Hector" in the Online Etymological Dictionary, which, if true, would make it an
Indo-European name, of root *seĝh-. The
Dardanians would not have been Greek, but the
language of the city of Troy is still an open question.
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.