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Origin of the name HECTOR.
Etymology of the
name HECTOR.
Meaning of the baby name HECTOR.
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HECTOR. Latin
form of Greek Hektor (q.v.), meaning
"defender." In Arthurian legend, this is the name of a
knight who was foster father to king Arthur. Ector
is variant form.
Usage: America, Australia, Canada, Cuba, England,
France, Haiti, Ireland, Mexico, Philippines, Puerto Rico (Héctor),
Scotland, Spain (Héctor).
Gallant Hector, who, perhaps, is the most endearing of all the Trojan heroes, from
the perfection of his character in tenderness, devotion, and courage, and
the beautiful poetry of his parting with his wife and son, bore a name
that is an attribute of Zeus,
Ἕκτωρ
(holding fast), i.e., defending, from
Ἕχω (hecho), to have or to hold—a
word well-befitting the resolute mainstay of a falling cause. (History
of Christian Names, Yonge, 1884)
... And they put Sir Launcelot
into the same horse-bier that Queen Guinevere was laid in, and the hermit
and they all together went with the body till they came to Joyous Garde.
And there they laid his corpse in the body of the quire, and sang and read
many psalms and prayers over him. And ever his visage was laid open
and naked, that all folks might behold him. And right thus, as they
were at their service, there came Sir Hector de Maris, that had seven
years sought Sir Launcelot his brother, through all England, Scotland, and
Wales. And when Sir Hector heard such sounds in the chapel of Joyous
Garde, he alighted and came into the quire. And all they knew Sir
Hector. Then went Sir Bohort, and told him how there lay Sir
Launcelot his brother dead... (The Age of Chivalry, Bulfinch, 1901)
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