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Help on this name please!

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Mez123 · 28/12/2024 10:45

Hello Everyone,
So me and my partner have finally agreed on the name Hector for our little boy and we love it! However it has just come to our attention that Hector is slang for bully? Is this something I should worry about? I'm so annoyed as we have finally agreed on a name to then find this out.☹️

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MolkosTeenageAngst · 28/12/2024 10:52

I’ve not heard it as slang but ‘hector’ is a verb which means to bully or boss about, eg: ‘She hectored me into giving her my lunch money’ or ‘The teacher would regularly hector the class
over homework.’ I wouldn’t say it’s a term in common usage, but equally it’s not completely obscure and it is a dictionary definition so less likely to fall completely out of usage than if it was just slang. If you use the name then the definition of bully/ boss about will always come up when you search for the meaning and is something your child could find in any dictionary.

Jingleberryalltheway · 28/12/2024 10:48

I’ve never heard that either.

Commonsense22 · 28/12/2024 10:47

I'd never heard that use of it.