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Is Hector going to be the next big thing?

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3nearly4 · 30/12/2010 20:44

Typical. We almost decide on a name and rarely hear it or see it on this board, then over the past month it seems to be all over the name board! Is it massively on the rise? I don't mind popular names but it is a concern that it's the next big thing.

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said · 30/12/2010 20:46

I doubt it. Great name but I can't see lots and lots of people using it. Certain London and Brighton postcodes only, I'd imagine

JiltedJohnsJulie · 30/12/2010 20:54

Hadn't even noticed it on this board really. Perhaps you've just spotted it because that's the name you're thinking of using.

Don't know any in RL either.

Stick with Hector, its fab.

hellymelly · 30/12/2010 20:56

Hector is fab.The only one I know is French,where it is better known.

StayFrosty · 30/12/2010 20:57

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JiltedJohnsJulie · 30/12/2010 21:01

Have heard of a few Ottoline too.

usualsuspect · 30/12/2010 21:03

I hope not ,its awful

onimolap · 30/12/2010 21:07

I know only one in RL - he's about 11.

I don't think a few mentions in quick succession on MN is proof of a trend! I'm surprised it's big in France - it doesn't exactly roll off the tongue in a French accent (then again, I know my accent's pretty dire!)

mopsyflopsy · 30/12/2010 21:21

Hector \Hec"tor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hectored; p. pr. & vb. n. Hectoring.]

To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

So NO, I can't see many people wanting to burden their child with that meanint.

mopsyflopsy · 30/12/2010 21:22

sorry, meaning.

tammytoby · 30/12/2010 21:25

I honestly cannot see it becoming popular with its meaning. To hector means to bully...

KenDoddsDadsDogEatsTinsel · 30/12/2010 21:27

It is probably just that you notice it more. I stalk check the name boards, to see if DDs name comes up a lot and it seems to!

scottishmummy · 30/12/2010 21:37

i know a fair few wee baby hectors.v popular

evamummy · 30/12/2010 21:39

I doubt it given the meaning.

bambiandthumper · 30/12/2010 21:54

I know a few and love it

scottishmummy · 30/12/2010 21:58

hector is on up alright

southeastastra · 30/12/2010 21:58

hector's house

scottishmummy · 30/12/2010 22:00

all names have associations.
jack spratt
lola kinks transexual

scottishmummy · 30/12/2010 22:03

i dont actually know who hector house is

evamummy · 30/12/2010 22:10

But the verb 'to hector' is used daily in the news and it has such a negative, sad meaning.

stleger · 30/12/2010 22:18

I know a lovely small Hector. But his dad is old enough to remember Hector's House (which was a 1970s animation, and I liked it). Also, wasn't there a gossipy Hector in the wonderful Scottish soap 'Take the High Road'?

scottishmummy · 30/12/2010 22:18

and charlie and lola twee characters on tv
if you like hector use it,is v popular

CupcakesHay · 30/12/2010 22:33

It was the baby's name on the new Upstairs/Downstairs too. but think it's a fab name.

bigbluebump · 30/12/2010 22:35

I agree about the awful meaning. While some names may be derived from Latin roots with certain meanings, the verb 'to hector' actually means 'to bully or torment' and a hector is a bully/tormentor. Why burden your child with such a name?

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scottishmummy · 30/12/2010 22:39

lol i read some madeup and wanky names on mn.and hector isnt worst of them.by country mile

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