Meaning of the nameHeitor

Male
Greek origin
Hei-tor

Heitor is a masculine name of Greek origin, the Portuguese form of Hector, from Greek Héktōr, a word meaning 'holding fast'.

Meaning

“holding fast”

Source: Behind the Name: Hector · Wiktionary: Hector

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People (2022): 297,607
Rank in Brazil: #98
Median age: 4 years
2010 Census: 36,752; people

Heitor in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Heitor, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022 (133,224 people).

2,775 women 294,832 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 Heitor is most common

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

Espírito Santo 0.234%
Goiás 0.227%
Distrito Federal 0.206%
Tocantins 0.205%
Mato Grosso 0.193%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	68,368	0.154%
Minas Gerais	38,294	0.186%
Rio de Janeiro	25,364	0.158%
Bahia	18,362	0.130%
Goiás	15,981	0.227%
Paraná	14,671	0.128%
Pernambuco	14,202	0.157%
Pará	10,240	0.126%
Rio Grande do Sul	9,446	0.087%
Santa Catarina	9,120	0.120%
Espírito Santo	8,985	0.234%
Maranhão	8,454	0.125%
Ceará	7,769	0.088%
Mato Grosso	7,074	0.193%
Distrito Federal	5,804	0.206%
Paraíba	4,909	0.124%
Amazonas	4,743	0.120%
Rio Grande do Norte	4,421	0.134%
Mato Grosso do Sul	4,245	0.154%
Piauí	3,672	0.112%
Tocantins	3,099	0.205%
Sergipe	2,528	0.114%
Rondônia	2,376	0.150%
Alagoas	2,309	0.074%
Amapá	1,270	0.173%
Acre	1,066	0.128%
Roraima	835	0.131%

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

About the name Heitor

Behind the Name gives Heitor as the Portuguese form of Hector, the Latinized form of Greek Héktōr, derived from a word meaning 'holding fast'. Wiktionary links that word to the Greek verb ékhō, 'to have, to hold', and also records Hector as the Trojan hero of the Iliad in Greek mythology. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 297,607 people named Heitor, with a median age of 4. The name grew a great deal among people born from 2010 on and, proportionally, is most common in Espírito Santo.

This is the traditional and most recorded spelling in the group, with an initial H and the diphthong ei.

Other spellings of Heitor

Spelling	People (2022)
Heitor	297,607
Eitor	16,533

Sources

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

Questions about the name Heitor

What does the name Heitor mean?

Heitor means “holding fast”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Heitor in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 297,607 people with the first name Heitor, which ranks it number 98 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.

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

Heitor is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 2,775 women and 294,832 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Heitor?

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

In which Brazilian state is Heitor most common?

Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.234% of the state's population is named Heitor (8,985 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Heitor?

Eitor. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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