Heitor
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ay-TOR
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,604 for boys
Heitor is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “holding fast”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 2,604th for boys in the US (50 babies).
What does Heitor mean?
Greek: Portuguese form of Hector
“holding fast”
Hector is the Trojan hero of Homer's Iliad; Heitor Villa-Lobos was Brazil's best-known classical composer.
Is Heitor a girl's or a boy's name?
Heitor is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 50 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Heitor in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Heitor, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 11 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Heitor than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Heitor in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Heitor in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
How popular is Heitor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,604among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 50about 1 in 34,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 68% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 50 boys in the US were named Heitor, making it the 2,604th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,568th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 54 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Heitor in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Heitor in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #2,604 |
| 2024 | 52 | #2,559 |
| 2023 | 54 | #2,479 |
| 2022 | 48 | #2,715 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,120 |
| 2020 | 30 | #3,568 |
| 2019 | 36 | #3,198 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
Names like Heitor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca Albie Atlas Theo Archer Hudson Nico Arlo Xander Teodor Oakley Kairo
More Greek names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Heitor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/heitor, updated 20 October 2026.