Hector

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• According to a user from Florida, United States, the name Hector is of Spanish origin and means "To be faithful to".
• A user from Texas, United States says the name Hector is of English origin and means ""Gift of God".

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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary

noun Hec"tor

A bully; a blustering, turbulent, insolent, fellow; one who vexes or provokes.

Etymology: From the Trojan warrior Hector, the son of Priam

verb Hec"tor

To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying.

verb Hec"tor

To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent.

Other Dictionary Sources

1. (Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War
2. Be bossy towards
   Synonyms: ballyrag, boss around, browbeat, bully, bullyrag, push around, and strong-arm

Wiktionary

From Ancient Greek Ἕκτωρ (Héktōr), possibly from ἔχω (ékhō, “restrain”).

1. (Greek mythology) A Trojan hero in Iliad.
2. A male given name

Hector was also found in the following language(s): French

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  #6	Names Inspired by Greek Myths

  #67	Unique Boy Names

• How Popular is the name Hector? Hector is the 636^th most popular name of all time. As a last name Hector was the 7,572^nd most popular name in 2010.
• How many people with the first name Hector have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 102,006 babies born with the first name Hector in the United States. That's more than enough people named Hector to occupy the territory of Aruba (the Netherlands) with an estimated population of 101,484 (as of September 29, 2010).
• What year were 5 or more babies first named Hector? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 15 new born babies.
• When was Hector first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Hector is Sunday, April 17th, 1870.
• What year had the most people named Hector born? The highest recorded use of the first name Hector was in 2005 with a total of 2,458 babies. That's a lot of babies named Hector!
• Random Hector Factoid: According to the 1995 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Hector ranks 81^st in popularity as a baby boy's name in California. Imagine that, 731 babies in California have the same name as you in 1995.
• Weird things about the name Hector: Your name in reverse order is Rotceh. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Tercho. How do you pronounce that?
• How many people have the last name Hector? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 4,387 people with the last name Hector.
• How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Hector? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 1 of them will have Hector as their last name.

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