Not sure where else to post this, but the 'heraldry' portion seems to be the closest.

I'm in the process of naturalizing as a US Citizen (been in the system for almost 2 years now...USCIS can be slow at times) and I've been debating whether or not to adopt a new name at the time of naturalization.

See, I've never been a fan of my given name, Hector. And for reasons not relevant to this forum, I am not very keen of my father's side of my ancestral genetic pool.

So, I've been thinking about a typical scot name followed by either my mother's surname Huidobro-Young or simply Young.

Now, while researching possible names, it turns out the name Hector is listed as one of the typical Scottish names. Heck, even a few famous scottish Hectors are listed here and there.

Macbeth by William Shakespeare was inspired by the accounts of the historical Macbeth as written by...Hector Boece.

Eventually it even became a surname, there is a Hector family.

A famous Hector Gunn, Hector Campbell, Hector MacLaine, Hector Munro, Hector MacLean, Hector MacDonald, etc. you name it, there was a Hector there.

Also found out that Hector was the chosen anglicized version of the gaelic name Eachann.

Who knew...I guess I'll keep Hector after all.

Still debating whether to go Huidobro-Young or simply Young.

Hector Young sounds good.