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Hector

Greek via Latin · M

“holding fast”

Where it comes from

Hektor, from echein ('to hold')

Also known as

Ettore (Italian), Heitor (Portuguese)

Fun Fact

Hector was the Trojan prince who defends Troy in the Iliad, and the English verb 'to hector', meaning to bully, comes from his name. Today the name is especially common across the Spanish-speaking world.

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