Hector
Meaning of Hector
Hector strides onto the birth certificate with the poise of a bronze-clad hero, his name echoing straight from the marble halls of ancient Ilium. Rooted in the Greek Ἕκτωρ, “the steadfast one,” it first belonged to the Trojan prince who fought with lion-hearted loyalty in Homer’s Iliad before the Romans, and later the Spanish-speaking world, adopted him into their own storytelling. Today, Héctor still rolls off Latin tongues like a trumpet flourish, yet its English form keeps the accent light and the spirit brave—pronounced simply HEK-tur. Parents who choose it often seek a blend of classical gravitas and approachable warmth; after all, the name pairs century-old laurels with the easy grin of modern figures such as Mexican football star Héctor Herrera or actor Héctor Elizondo. In short, Hector offers a shield of history, a dash of cinematic charm, and just enough heroic sparkle to remind any young bearer that even lunch-box battles can be won with steady heart and friendly humor.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as HEK-tur (/ˈhɛktər/)
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Notable People Named Hector
| Louis Hector Berlioz was a French Romantic composer and conductor famed for orchestral, choral, operatic, and hybrid works like Symphonie fantastique and Les Troyens. |
| Hector Guimard was a French architect and designer who defined Art Nouveau with the Castel Beranger and his iconic glass and iron Paris Metro entrances. |
| Hector Hugo Balderas Jr. is a lawyer and public servant who now leads Northern New Mexico College and previously served as New Mexico attorney general, state auditor, and state representative. |
| Hector Jiménez - Hector Osvaldo Jimenez is a retired American soccer defender now an assistant coach for MLS club Chicago Fire. |
| Zolile Hector Pieterson was a South African schoolboy aged 12 who was shot and killed during the 1976 Soweto uprising when police opened fire on black students protesting the enforcement of Afrikaans as the medium of instruction. |
| Hector Martin Cantero, known as marcan, is a Spanish security hacker and former Asahi Linux lead famed for hacking PlayStation consoles, the Wii, and other devices. |
| Hector Abhayavardhana was a Sri Lankan Trotskyist theorist, a longtime Lanka Sama Samaja Party member, and a founding member of the Bolshevik Leninist Party of India Ceylon and Burma. |
| Hector Henri Malot was a French writer from La Bouille who studied law in Rouen and Paris before turning to literature and serving as a dramatic critic for Lloyd Francais and a literary critic for L Opinion Nationale. |
| Hector Floyd DeLuca, born in Pueblo Colorado in 1930, is a University of Wisconsin Madison emeritus biochemistry professor whose vitamin D research led to drugs for kidney failure, osteoporosis, and psoriasis. |
| Héctor Garza - Hector Solano Segura, known as Hector Garza, was a Mexican pro wrestler who competed in CMLL, Perros del Mal, and AAA in Mexico and in WCW, WWF, and TNA in the United States. |
| Héctor Lavoe - Hector Lavoe, born Hector Juan Perez Martinez, was a Puerto Rican salsa singer who helped popularize salsa in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s and became one of the most influential stars in Latin music. |
| Héctor Moreno - Hector Alfredo Moreno Herrera is a Mexican center back for Liga MX club Monterrey. |
| Héctor P. García - Hector Perez Garcia was a Mexican American physician, World War II veteran, and civil rights leader who founded the American GI Forum and helped appoint Vicente T. Ximenes to the EEOC in 1966. |
| Héctor Elizondo - Hector Elizondo is an American character actor known for Chicago Hope and Last Man Standing and films like Pretty Woman and The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. |
| Héctor Alterio - Hector Benjamin Alterio Onorato is an Argentine stage, film, and TV actor known in both Argentina and Spain. |
