Hector?

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We already have an Arthur and are expecting DS 2. Only name we really both like is Hector. Are they too similar? Is Hector getting more popular?

Also loved Jasper but awful with our surname. Maybe Ernest?

DH likes Victor, Walter, Hugo.
I like Humphrey, Stanley.

Help!

No but it was the point of yours

Nope, when I said ‘the’ post I was referring to ‘my’ post.

Do you remember "Hector's House"?

Ignore the naysayers it's a brilliant name, so is Arthur and they go great together!

I really like Hector and considered it for DS2 (he ended up Hamish) but we are in Scotland and it's maybe more of a traditional name here. A lot of people go on about Hector as a verb but I don't think it matters. Stanley is brilliant though, I'd have that with Arthur.

I immediately think "Hector's House". My second thought is the two dogs I know named Hector

Hector prince of Troy - I like it.

I really like it, I prefer Hector to Hugo

Love Hector.

I like it! And as a verb, it's no worse than Harry.

The meaning of 'to hector' would put me off, as would the nickname Heck...!

Love the name Hector .. it's on my list - my DH isn't in agreement tho.....yet!

I love Hector. I also like Walter and Stanley.

You like some awfyl names. poor kid. Just go with John or BERT.

Hate hate hate Stanley. Victor isn’t much better. I don’t like Walter. I know someone with a Hugo and a Hector- both great names and definitely my favourites from your list! Hector clinches it for being a bit more unusual so would definitively be my top pick. Earnest and Jasper both nice too though.

I know a 12yo Hector and a 17yo Hector. No animals.

I like your other listed names except Stanley, although i'm sure if i met your toddling 18mo Stanley i'd think it was adorable!

Dislike Hector. It sounds like the name of a comedy character, though I couldn’t explain why.

Hugo is nice.

Hector means harass to me. I would have been very embarrassed to have this name. Victor is better. The rest sounds like kids that get picked on.

We nearly went with Hector, we like strong names, everyone we spoke to hated it. He didn’t look like a Hector though and we named him Roman instead. He was just ‘baby’for 2 weeks, maybe wait and see what he looks like!

Hector is great but I think Stanley is also great and matches Arthur better x

I wouldn't go for another name ending in an 'er' sound if your older son is Arthur. I like Hugo best but think Ernest is interesting and after that Victor. I know quite a few Hugos and Stanleys, a couple of Hectors (both Latin American) and lots of Arthurs.

I love Hector! And think it's fine with Arthur.

I also like Victor but am not a fan at all of Walter, Hugo, Stanley or Humphrey.

Hugo is very popular here. I like Hector a lot, but I wanted to call DS Horacio so might not be the best judge.

As a previous poster said it’s mostly a Latin American/Hispanic name here in the US. I like it. That association probably wouldn’t be so strong in the UK.

No, just no. Sorry, it's hideous.