Ettore
Ettore is a given name, the Italian version of Hector.
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Ettore
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ettore is a given name, the Italian version of Hector.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Ettore
The earliest SSA record of Ettore as a baby boy name dates back to 1911, when 7 babies received it. 1915 was its biggest year on record, with 21 newborns named Ettore — #1,505 in the national rankings. About 31% of every Ettore on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Ettore last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 414 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Ettore
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Ettore Arrigoni degli Oddi (1867–1942), Italian naturalist
- Ettore Bassi (born 1970), Italian actor and television presenter
- Ettore Bastianini (1922–1967), Italian opera singer
- Ettore Bastico (1876–1972), Italian World War II general
- Ettore Boiardi (1897–1985), Italian-born chef famous for his Chef Boyardee brand of food products
- Ettore Bucciero (1938–2025), Italian politician
- Ettore Bugatti (1881–1947), Italian-born French automobile designer and manufacturer
- Ettore Coco (1908–1991), New York City mobster
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Names that sound like Ettore
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About the name Ettore
Ettore is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1911 and has accumulated 414 births in the dataset. Ettore's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #1,505. Use the chart and map above to compare Ettore's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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