Baby name
FADING
🇮🇹 Ettore
/ET · toh · reh/
Meaning
“To hold or restrain”
Italian form of Hector, from Greek Hektor meaning to hold or restrain; the Trojan hero's name took on a distinctly Italian character through centuries of use in the peninsula.
Nicknames
ettu
Vibe
warm
How it ages.
Feels classically Italian without being stuffy; belongs to the same family as Bruno and Aldo.
The cultural moment.
Traditional Italian name, most common in the mid-20th century; rarer today but recognized and respected.