Ettore
Ettore is an Italian male given name , which also occurs as a family name .
Origin and meaning of the name
The name Ettore is derived from Hektor (Greek Ἕκτωρ). This is a character from Homer's famous epic The Iliad , in which he is Prince of Troy and fights, among other things, against Achilles in the Trojan War . Homer and Virgil in his Aeneid describe Hector as a noble hero. Many later idealized representations are based on this, showing Hector as a symbolic figure of chivalry.
The name Ettore stands for power, fighting spirit, ruler, guardian and winner.
name day
The name day for the name Ettore is February 4th.
Name bearer
- Ettore Bastianini , Italian baritone
- Ettore Bastico , Italian Marshal
- Ettore Bugatti , Italian automobile manufacturer and designer
- Ettore Caporali , Italian mathematician
- Ettore Castiglioni , Italian mountaineer
- Ettore Cella , Swiss actor and director
- Ettore Cunial , Archbishop of Curia of the Roman Catholic Church
- Ettore Felici , Archbishop and Diplomat of the Holy See
- Ettore Fieramosca , Italian condottiere
- Ettore Gotti Tedeschi , Italian bank manager
- Ettore Lucchesi Palli , fourth Duke of Grazia
- Ettore Majorana , Italian physicist
- Ettore Manni , Italian film actor
- Ettore Marchiafava , Italian physician, pathologist and neurologist
- Ettore Mazzoleni (1905–1968), Canadian conductor and music teacher
- Ettore Messina , Italian basketball coach
- Ettore Muti , Italian fascist and military
- Ettore Rigotti , Italian musician
- Ettore Scola (1931-2016), Italian director and screenwriter
- Ettore Sottsass , Austrian-Italian architect and designer of furnishings
- Ettore Tenchio (1915–2015), Swiss lawyer and politician
- Ettore Tolomei , Italian Senator, Nationalist and Fascist
- Ettore Ximenes , Italian sculptor
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ettore on behindthename.com (Engl.)