Literally, everyone I’ve asked absolutely hates it. I just can’t understand it, I love the name. What do you think?If you do dislike it, could you say why? Thank you!
*Not pregnant, just looking for opinions.
[name]Hector[/name] isn’t one of my personal favorites, but I don’t hate it at all! I would actually really enjoy seeing it on someone else’s child. It makes me think of [name]Hector[/name] from Greek legend, and it has a bit of a hipster vibe to me. I actually like it more the more I think about it, so from my perspective at least it definitely isn’t “really that bad.”
I like the name, [name]Hector[/name]. However, the two that I know are Hispanic, so perhaps their accents help (EK-tor).
I love mythology, so it wins points for that alone. Also, I’ve taught “Holes” for the last 3 years at summer school - so [name]Hector[/name] Zeroni is another image in my mind. I think one of the biggest downfall is that there’s no good short form / nickname. Hec? Heck no! Maybe [name]Tor[/name] could be ok?
Boyrdee. Sorry. I think it is bad.
I like it. It’s not a favorite, but I like it too. I think of Greek myth, and that gives it a boost to me. I think [name]Tor[/name] or Ector would be cool nicknames too.
I really like [name]Hector[/name]. He’s such an admirable character in The Iliad, even though he ends badly. In many ways, he’s more sympathetic than [name]Achilles[/name], the ostensible hero. And with only two syllabus, it doesn’t even really need a nickname (although I also like [name]Tor[/name]).
[name]Hector[/name] is amazing! I love the name, and I love the Greek myth. He was one of the few good ones!
Actually the name of my aunt’s first husband, years and years ago. He had a bad reputation in the family as a ne’er-do-well. She was Ludovine, and they named their two sons, [name]Raymond[/name] and [name]Norman[/name]. Aside from all that, it’s the derived meaning of hectoring as verbal bullying that puts me off.
I don’t like the name [name]Hector[/name], and here’s why:
For some crazy reason that only God knows, when I hear the name [name]Hector[/name], I think of one of those rainbow colored hats with a propeller on top.
And that puts me off the name. Again, no idea why. Sorry!
[name]Hector[/name]'s a pretty common name in the Hispanic community so while it’s not my style, I do think it’s completely usable.
It reminds me of [name]Hector[/name] [name]Barbossa[/name] in ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’. I don’t really like it. Though I do really like him in ‘The Iliad’.
I really like [name]Hector[/name]. Aside from the Holes reference (which I love, btw) it’s just one of those names that sound cool. It doesn’t make me think predominately Hispanic, either. And nicknames? Personally, I don’t think every nickname has to come from the original. Sometimes they pop up on their own. My sister [name]Zoe[/name] [name]Katelyn[/name] [name]Annette[/name] (who goes mostly by [name]Katelyn[/name] now) went by [name]Zoe[/name]-[name]Kay[/name] or [name]Kay[/name]-[name]Kay[/name] but never [name]Kate[/name] or [name]Katie[/name]. Another sister, [name]Emily[/name], gets called Lemony or [name]El[/name]-em-ee. Never [name]Em[/name] or [name]Emma[/name]. And myself, [name]Kirsten[/name] (K-EAR-sten) was only called [name]Kiki[/name] when I was a toddler, now I’m Key-kur (think squeaker). Anyway, just my two cents 
I would be very impressed and thrilled to meet a boy named [name]Hector[/name]. It’s got awesome literary ties. Go for it.
I’m not crazy about the name [name]Hector[/name], I want to to like it more than I do. If feels likes it wants to be a quirky hipster name but like [name]Homer[/name], isn’t quite there yet. I think it would only work if you were of Greek descent.
I kind of like [name]Hector[/name].
I like [name]Hector[/name]. The only downside for me, personally, is the verb “to hector.” I wish that usage had never evolved. As a side note, I’ve read that it came from street gangs in [name]London[/name] (I think) who called themselves “Hectors,” after the Greek hero. Since the “Hectors” were gang bullies, the word came to be used to mean “to bully or abuse” (eventually only verbally.)
I’d be pleased to see the name [name]Hector[/name] come into enough usage to overshadow the verb.
I also immediately thought Hispanic when I read the name. I’d be very surprised to see it in a person of another ethnicity.
This is a name my husband loves. My husband happens to be from Mexico. It’s nms, makes me think of an old man, playing dominos.
I don’t like the feeling I get with [name]Hector[/name], if that makes sense? I think of an ageing drug cartel kind of dude!
I never liked the name [name]Hector[/name] until I met two of my husband’s relatives (Hispanic) with this name. I like the way it is pronounced (Ek-tor) in Spanish but not in English. His cousin goes by [name]Hector[/name] [name]Javi[/name], which I think flows really nicely.