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Meaning of the nameEctor

Ector is a spelling of the name Hector, which means “holding fast”.

Meaning

“holding fast”

Meaning of the name Hector, of which Ector is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Hector · Behind the Name: Hector

People (2022)
1,482
Rank in Brazil
#6,316
Median age
12 years
2010 Census
1,185
people

Ector in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ector, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (438 people).

0 women 1,469 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Ector is most common

States with the highest share of people named Ector in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.001%
  3. Paraná 0.001%
  4. São Paulo 0.001%
  5. Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo3900.001%
Rio Grande do Sul1710.002%
Paraná1230.001%
Minas Gerais1040.001%
Santa Catarina1040.001%
Rio de Janeiro690.000%
Pará630.001%
Mato Grosso520.001%
Amazonas510.001%
Bahia490.000%
Pernambuco480.001%
Goiás390.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul330.001%
Maranhão280.000%
Roraima190.003%
Ceará170.000%
Espírito Santo170.000%
Rondônia170.001%
Rio Grande do Norte160.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Ector

Spelling without the initial H, listed among the spelling variants of Hector; it is much less recorded.

About the name Hector

Wiktionary gives Hector as coming from Latin Hectōr or Ancient Greek Ἕκτωρ (Héktōr), from ἕκτωρ, 'holding fast', derived from the verb ἔχω (ékhō), 'to have, to hold'. Behind the Name gives the same etymology and records the name in Greek mythology, as that of a Trojan hero, and in the Arthurian cycle. Heitor is the Portuguese form of Hector, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Ector among the spelling variants. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 11,067 people named Hector, with a median age of 13. Proportionally, it is most common in Roraima.

Other spellings of Hector

SpellingPeople (2022)
Hector11,067
Ector1,482

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Hector · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Hector · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: Heitor · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Hector · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Ector

What does the name Ector mean?

Ector means “holding fast”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Hector, of which Ector is a spelling.

How many people are named Ector in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,482 people with the first name Ector, which ranks it number 6,316 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Ector a boy's or a girl's name?

Ector is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,469 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Ector?

Ector is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Ector most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.002% of the state's population is named Ector (171 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Ector?

Hector. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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