Baby name
RISING
🇩🇪 🇸🇪 🇳🇴 Hektor
/HEK · tor/
Meaning
“He who holds fast”
German and Scandinavian spelling of Hector, from Greek 'hektor' meaning to hold; the k spelling signals a distinctly continental European usage.
Nicknames
heck · hec
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Classical without being overused; the k-spelling keeps it distinct from the English form.
The cultural moment.
Rare but rising in Germany and Sweden since around 2015.