THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Hector
Hector is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Hector Calma, Hector Begeo. This snapshot links the name to 6 distinct Wikidata person records. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
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English
- /ˈhɛktə/Received-Pronunciation
- /ˈhɛktɚ/General-American
Hec · tor2 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
From Latin Hectōr or Ancient Greek Ἕκτωρ (Héktōr), from ἕκτωρ (héktōr, “holding fast”), from ἔχω (ékhō, “to have, hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold; to overpower”). Sometimes used as an anglicization of various Scottish Gaelic names, including Eachann and Eochaid. The thundercloud cluster was named by pilots during the Second World War.
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Wiktionary: Hector (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Hector
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Hector Calma
Filipino basketball player
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Hector Begeo
Philippine athletics competitor (born 1964)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
17
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
6
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Hector Calma, Hector Begeo
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Hector in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Hector
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Hester·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Nestor♂Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Néstor♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Victor♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Víctor♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Astor·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Bitor·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Castor♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
What rhymes with Hector?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Hector
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
Explore combinations →Explore Hector further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q1811874 — Hector (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Hector Calma (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1811874 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Hector Begeo (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1811874 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Hector (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.