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Wedgies beyond our current abilty to measure..... sorry.....

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endless wedgies. and frequent dakkings.

Hector sounds like every third Puerto Rican kid I grew up with. I wouldn't give him a wedgie but I can't picture a white kid named that having got very far in my home-town.

Actually I quite like it... something funky about it

I wouldn't give him a wedgie, but might be compelled to give his parents one. I grew up wth brothers playing sports and the protective cups they use are known as 'hectors'.

I'm sorry but the name Hector leaves me with the following vision:

Coke Bottle Glasses, with long white socks pulled up to the knees, suspenders with a pair of shorts pulled up so high that he is giving himself a permanent wedgie.

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So, I'll put Hector next to Antoine with names *I* can't picture being nerd names but will be taken that way in Oz?

This is a fabulous country!

(I still sort of love 'Toine.)

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I can't help liking the name because all that comes to mind for me is Homer's Hector, who is a great hero. It's a hero's name!

But yeah I guess there might be a bit of teasing. I don't know why it has such a dorky reputation??

I think a lot of people would assume, for good or for bad, he was Spanish-speaking or Latino background. It's not hard to pronounce or anything though. It's just "ethnic."

Not dorky. Some would apply whatever Mexican or Puerto Rican stereotypes they'd be inclined to apply. Including a ghetto aspect, unfortunately.

I don't think many would make the Greek mythos connection, at least as a go-to first though.

Houston, Texas?

I thought this was going to be a maths question.

Awful name OP, sorry.

I know a British Hector (not dorky at all), don't know if he got many wedgies growing up but having a brother called Paris probably deflected a lot of unwanted attention!

ETA spelling!

Hector Hector the pecker protector.........

I'm not a huge fan of Hector but I don't think of it as dorky at all, I picture a buff Latino guy when I hear the name.

my dad's Hector he hated it when he was younger, and usually goes by Hec these days. you do have the 'hector the trash collector' thing as well

In year 9, one of my friends may or may not have made a few prank calls on a local tradie listed as 'Hector the Erector'

There is a Hector in Christos Tsiolkas's The Slap. He is not the nicest guy around (is anyone in that book?) but not a wedgie candidate, I would have thought.

Also reminds me of Hector the Cat (this probably only applies to people over a certain age who grew up in Victoria though).

I see Hector in the same group as Stanley, Cecil, Harold. If my husband was called Hector I would use his middle name or make another one up. NMS

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i loved the name Hector, especially given the greek hero background. And i recently met a 16 year old Hector and he was a great young man, no sign of any nerd!

No idea where the comments about Latino background are coming from.

However when I mentioned to my 8 year old that we were considering the name his response killed it for me;

he paused and then looked at me and said "do you mean as in; what the the heck"!

8 year olds are great sounding boards for names!

I really dislike Hector and I love the myth names.

The first thing I think of when I hear Hector is Hector the Cat.

DH's secretary's husband is called Hector, he is the only one I have known of IRL.

It's quite a popular name in Spanish speaking countries, and in the US if you meet a Hector chances are he'll be Latino. Apparently Hector was the 30th most popular boy's name in Spain in 2008.

Oh right, I had no idea!

Was coming in to say this! I think it will actually increase the name's popularity -- it's a pretty widely-read book.

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If you think he'll be getting wedgies I think you've answered it for yourself.

I personally think it's incredibly daggy.

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See, it would depend on the kid. If he was shy, many wedgies. If he was an out there type he'd pull it off.

Too musty for mine.

Actually just remembered another ending we used to use for the Hector Hector poem, its not nice at all.

hector Hector the child Molestor.

This really turns me off it now.

I kinda like it

I thought of a hector protector too

No way, no one would **** with a kid called Hector.

Hector is staunch.

I haven't stopped sniggering yet.
It's in the same group as Perkins. And Parker. And Cecil.

I like it...and associate it with a very cool TV/ radio presenter in Ireland:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_%C3%93_hEochag%C3%A1in

I was teaching boys today and there are so many teenage boys with names I would never ever think anyone would name their sons. Gary, Roger, Milton, Mervyn. None of these kids get picked on cause of their names. The kid that I saw bullied the most at school was named Joshua.

Doesn't matter what you name him, its all about how he carries himself!

Funky! I like it ...

Surely it's Chester the Child Molester? Hector and Molester don't even rhyme!

DS 2 is Hector. I named our daughter and first son so it was his turn and if I hated it I would've vetoed it but it did kind of come out of nowhere. When he told my Mum she apparently said 'You are joking!' in a very shocked voice and most of the oldies we have told have hated it, too.
My son is Oscar and that was 'different' back then too but guess what, now every second kid seems to be Oscar, each to their own, I don't like boring names.

But you've only got a DD and a DS according to your sig? .

rofl

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Maybe he was born and named as she posted? I just found it a bit strange .

My vision of Hector is the angry meathead in the corner. p*ssed off at life.