Hector

Greek
"holding fast"

Hector Origin and Meaning

Variation of Ettore
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Famous People Named Hector

  • Hector Berlioz
    French composer
  • Hector Lavoe
    Puerto Rican salsa singer
  • Hector Hugh Munro aka Saki
    British short,story writer
  • Héctor Elizondo
    American actor
  • Héctor Barberá
    Spanish motorcycle racer
  • Héctor Garza
    Mexican pro wrestler
  • Héctor Faubel
    Spanish motorcycle racer
  • Héctor Delgado Román
    Puerto Rican reggaeton singer
  • Hector Boece
    Scottish philosopher
  • Héctor Camacho
    Puerto Rican boxer
  • Héctor Bellerin
    Spanish Football Player for Arsenal

The name Hector in Pop Culture

  • Hector Barbossa
    "Pirates of the Caribbean" series
  • Hector
    son of Priam in Greek mythology
  • Hector of the Mist
    outlaw in The Legend of Montrose (1819) by Sir Walter Scott
  • Hector
    slave to Gabriel Harrison in William Gilmore Simms's novel The Yemassee (1835)
  • Hector Madden
    character in television series "The Hour"
  • "Hector was the First of the Gang to Die
    " song by Morrissey
  • Hector "Tio" Salamanca
    character on TV's "Breaking Bad"
  • Hector Rex Vonner
    character in book/movie "A Time to Kill"
  • Hector Cruz
    character in movie "Entrapment"
  • Hector Campbell
    main character in G. A. Henty's, Won by the Sword
  • Hector Bittermouse
    character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
  • Hector Zeroni
    character in the book/movie "Holes"
  • Hector James
    character in the 'Switchpaw Saga' book series
  • Hector "Hec" Faulkner
    character in "Hunt for the Wilderpeople"
  • Hector Hammond
    character in DC Universe
  • Hector
    nicknamed "Heck," a character from the film "Imagine Me and You"
  • Hector Romero
    character in the TV series "extr@"
  • Hector
    character in Pixar's "Coco"
  • Hector
    character in video game Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

International Variations of the name Hector

  • Eachann
    Scottish
  • Heitor
    Portuguese
  • Ettore
    Italian
  • Eachtar
    Irish

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