something like Hector

[Copadelcarmen]

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. 😔

I agree

if we are going down the gent path then I would say that names like

roscoe
morton
Douglas
hamish
lachlan

are similar to hector

edward
albert
edgar
ernest
et al

have A completely different feel

Julius
Paris
I like Hector and Ivo

I think hector and Finlay go well because they are both proper Scottish names if you look at it from that slant. They sound lovely together. Nice choices

but my daughter has an frilly greek name that my husband chose from a baby book so it’s a completely different vibe

i know a Hector who has a brother Orlando

I’m worried it does sound a bit of a wet blanket name but I do like it. I like sandy as a nn too. I went to uni with a sandy so it sounds a very ‘fresh’ name for a young man (he was an Alexander)

we have a double barrelled (just to get everyone frothing along with the Jacob Rees mogg names) Norwegian and British name which sounds quite harsh so this ‘toughens’ some of the frillier names…maybe

Ok so

middle name will be Conrad
last name is a double barrelled norenglish name: let’s say it’s Nilsen-Smith

my list so far is:

🌸 hector 🌸
august
jago
ivo
paris
lysander
osian / ossian (one of the anglicised spellings of oisín)
orlando

Virgil
Timon
Darius

Fresh? Sandy had a dodgy moustache in the 1970s/80s and always wore socks with his Birkenstocks

A pretty cool look now tbh

I've met quite a few baby Hector's recently how strange!
Sebastian (nn Bash) is my favourite!

A very up to date look for young men.

I love Hector.

I also met a 6 yr old Larkin with other day which I think is gorgeous.

Julius
Horatio
Benedict
Griffin
Casper
Jasper
Torquil
Cameron
Dominic
Lorcan
Sebastian
Rory

Conrad is fantastic. Can you make that the first name?

Hamish
Ronan
Victor
Abel

I loved the name Caspian. Wouldn't be brave enough to use it though!

I can see why people like the traditional names like Edward, Ernest etc, but I’ve seen some interesting and unusual names on here too

Hugo?

Every single Hector I know is Scottish, you could go for the Gaelic: Eachann?

Or you could go with Achilles but use the french pronunciation "Ah-Sheel"

Hector is perfectly ok in Scotland; has been used for at least the past 100+ years.

Aeneas is also a name historically used in Scotland among past people with an (much valued) education. In the original Roman epic, he's also conflicted but pretty impressive.

Combining Scottish and Norse backgrounds, what about Torquil (Thorkell or other anglicised versions of the Scandinavian original).

Leonard also combines Scottish vibes (St Leonards ancient foundations at St Andrews and at Perth) with Scandinavian Lennart, and is pretty cool.

Some really fab suggestions. Thank you!!!

Lovely list! If you’re looking for any more suggestions, how about Lennox?

Minor Shakespeare character, has the Scottish/Gaelic origin you seem drawn to, -ox suffix sounds vaguely Greek to align with your daughter’s name. I appreciate that to some ears it might fall into a more modern American style because of Angelina Jolie’s Maddox, so might not fit the vibe if that’s the case for you.

Alternatively, since a long-ish O sound crops up quite a bit in your list:

Holden
Otis

(Both also perhaps a bit more American than you’re necessarily looking for).

Cosmo ?
Miles or Giles

I also really like Julian, jolyon, j

Augustus
Finn
Vincent

Phineas (Phin for short)

Not a regular user of the M4 I assume?