Octavian
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A male given name from Latin, notably borne by Augustus (Caesar) between 44 and 27 BCE
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/oktavijan/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Octavian is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Romania than in any other country.
- RORomania≈1 in 1.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 247K
- MDMoldova1 in 726
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Romania (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 174 (measured from records)
- 1 in 726 (inferred from the name graph)
≈19,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Moldova
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A male given name from Latin, notably borne by Augustus (Caesar) between 44 and 27 BCE
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Octavian counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RO Romania | #131 | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Octavian | 123 |
| TZ Tanzania | — | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.9K | — | Octavian | 14 |
| MD Moldova | #145 | 4,633 | 1 in 726 | 4.6K | Octavian | 36 |
| US United States | — | 1,348 | 1 in 247K | 1.3K | Octavian | 174 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 60K | 2 | Octavian | 44 |
| IS Iceland | — | 7 | 1 in 50K | 7 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: e-services.md — living population register; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Octavian is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Roman emperor, pers. name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In German, ) Oktavian: männl. Vom. lateinischen Ursprungs, der auf Octavianus, einen von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- John XIIb. 937ITnot in their usual nameHead of the Catholic Church from 955 to 964
- Octavian Gogab. 1881RORomanian poet and politician (1881–1938)
- Octavian Palerb. 1926RORomanian writer and journalist (1926–2007)
- Octavian Cotescub. 1931RORomanian actor (1931–1985)
- Octavian Bellub. 1951ROhead of Romanian national artistic gymnastics team (born 1951)
- Felix O. Adlonb. 1967DEnot in their usual nameGerman director, producer and screenwriter
- Octavianb. 1993DEGerman musician
- Octavianb. 1996FRFrench-British rapper
- Octavian Popescub. 2002RORomanian footballer (born 2002)
- Theodor Andreib. 2004ROnot in their usual nameRomanian singer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 45 sources across 26 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD Moldova | e-services.md — living population register | — | 4.6K | #178 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.3K | #10,042 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 66 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 64 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 51 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 31 | #10,042 |
| IS Iceland | Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry) | 2026 | 7 | — |
| IT Italy | ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend) | 2024 | 2 | #4,404 |
| IT Italy | Il Grande Libro dei Nomi per Bebè (2020) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Octavian mean, and where does it come from?
- A male given name from Latin, notably borne by Augustus (Caesar) between 44 and 27 BCE Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Octavian?
- A machine transcription gives /oktavijan/ (IPA) for Romanian.
- Is Octavian a male or female name?
- Octavian is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Octavian have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 19 thousand people named Octavian in Romania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled octavian.
- Where is Octavian most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Octavian is densest in Moldova — about 1 in 726 people — even though Romania holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Octavian?
- In Moldova, the national register counted 4,633 people named Octavian, about 1 in 726 residents.
- How common is Octavian compared with other names?
- In Romania, Octavian is the 131st most common given name of 34,167 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/octavianThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Octavian” — the 131st most common given name in Romania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.