I never thought I’d have a son, but hopefully I will if this pregnancy goes well and I have always liked the name Hector. I love the sound of it, it goes perfect with my daughter’s name, a nice namesake from mythology too.
Only issue is, my husband doesn’t like it. But I will continue to ‘hector’ him about it as he chose our daughter’s name and I very much compromised.
Daughter has a Greek name used in Shakespeare for no other reason than DH thought it sounded nice. I’m not looking for the perfect ‘sibset’ but do need something with a similar flavour. I can’t really have a Hermia and a Finley if that makes sense.
names I like that don’t really fit this hard and fast rule are:
Miles
Peregrine (yep- seriously)
names that are a similar theme that I do like are:
Atlas - but I think it’s been used for a lot of celebrity girls. Worried it will be the 2025 Harper
Lysander- I like Sandy as a nn too but just worried it sounds a little bit frilly
Paris- but that’s Hector’s less cool brother literally and figuratively to me. DH likes it but would be such a compromise for me.
DH doesn’t like hector because he has spent a lot of time in Mexico for work and sees it very much as a ‘Hispanic’ name and considers it basically cultural appropriation to name our child hector. But called our daughter a Greek name. Make it make sense. 😭
We are a Norwegian - British family and have no concerns about out-there names. our kids will be in international school with kids called Apple and Pepsi so I don’t need any panic about little Lysander getting bullied. 😂
i really love hector and hope DH will change his mind. 😔