mid-15c., "one who uses a heckle" (late 13c., as a surname, Will. le Hekelere), agent noun from heckle (v.). Sense of "audience member that taunts a public speaker" is from 1885. Fem. form hekelstere is attested from c. 1500.
Hebrides
Hecate
hecatomb
heck
heckle
heckler
hectare
hectic
Hector
hector
Hecuba