Hector

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Male Name

Usage

Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Finnish
Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Latinised form of the Greek name ‘Εκτωρ (Hektor)

Greek ‘εκτωρ (hektor) = 'holding fast, winning'

Related Names

Ektor	♂
Hector	♂
Hektor	♂

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Hectorsson

Female

Hectorsdóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Hector
Genitive:	Hectors

- Finnish
Nominative:	Hector
Genitive:	Hectorin
Partitive:	Hectoria

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Hector
Accusative:	Hector
Dative:	Hectori
Genitive:	Hectors

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Hector
Genitive:	Hectors

- Swedish
Nominative:	Hector
Genitive:	Hectors

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Iceland:
  • Officially rejected as a given name on 14 September 2006
  • Officially rejected as a given name on 4 June 2010
  • Officially rejected as a given name on 3 October 2014
  • Officially approved as a given name on 18 November 2016

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		779	1148	2	3	777	1145
Denmark		1020	n.a.	0	n.a.	1020	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	163	0	0	n.a.	163
Iceland		10	12	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		163	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	163	n.a.
Greenland		0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

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