Baby name
RISING
🇧🇷 🇵🇹 Heitor
/AY · tor/
Meaning
“To hold or to restrain”
Portuguese form of Hector, from Greek 'hektor' meaning to hold or to restrain; the Trojan hero Hector was considered the noblest warrior in Homer's Iliad.
Nicknames
hei
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Rising sharply in Brazil; feels heroic and classical without feeling stuffy.
The cultural moment.
Climbing in Brazil since 2010, now in the top 30.