Ektoras
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EK-toh-ras
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Ektoras is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “holding fast”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Ektoras mean?
Greek: modern Greek form of Hector
“holding fast”
The modern Greek form of Hector, the Trojan hero of Homer's Iliad.
Is Ektoras a girl's or a boy's name?
Ektoras is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ektoras in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Ektoras, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 8 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Ektoras than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Ektoras in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Ektoras in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
Names like Ektoras
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Atlas Elias Theodore Ezra Luca Elijah Tobias Nico Rupert Lucas Otis Lorenzo
More Greek names
Sophia George Theo Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris Maisie Lainey
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ektoras: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ektoras, updated 20 October 2026.