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Around the globe, Octave (Octave , Octavus , Октав ) is quite a common principally male, but very infrequently feminine first name. The forename Octave is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare dominantly male, but seldom feminine name, the Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and France. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, and Ethiopia. Very seldom, Octave is the last name as well as the forename.
VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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Octave | Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, France, Ethiopia |
Octavus | United States, South Africa |
Октав | Ukraine, Russia |
אוקטב | Israel |
Octavé, Utas, Оцтаве, and อ๊อกกังวาล
Octave is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Octave de Camps , the Honoré de Balzac character, La Comédie humaine; Octave de Bauvan , the Honoré de Balzac character, La Comédie humaine; Octave Flaubert , the operatic character in the operetta Eva; Octave de Beaulieu , the theatrical character in the play "The Ironmaster" and Octave , the operatic character in the opera Cléopâtre by Jules Massenet.