64%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Scottish Gaelic [1] Meaning & History From the Old Irish name Echdonn meaning "brown horse", from ech "horse" and donn "brown". This name was historically common among the chiefs of Clan MacLean. It has sometimes been Anglicized as Hector. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & CulturesEchdonn(Old Irish) Categories animals, brown, colors, horses Sources & References Mark, Colin. The Gaelic-English Dictionary. Routledge, 2003, page 714.
