Octavius
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A male given name from Latin, in occasional use
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɑkˈteɪviəs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Octavius is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- USUnited States
- ZASouth Africa
- GBUnited Kingdom
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A male given name from Latin, in occasional use.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
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)
Octavius is also recorded in 4 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 politician, emperor, pers.
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, Latin; eighth
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
In German, männl. Vom. lateinischen Ur sprungs, der auf einen römischen Geschlech- temamen zurückgeht, der wiederum auf dem alten Praenomen (Vornamen) Octävus (lat. »der Achte«) beruht. Mit Octavus wurde ursprünglich ein im achten römischen Monat geborener Knabe benannt. Italien. Form:
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In Latin, a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Prince Octavius of Great Britainb. 1779GBBritish prince
- David Octavius Hillb. 1802GBScottish painter and photographer (1802-1870)
- Octavius Hadfieldb. 1814GBNew Zealand bishop (1814–1904)
- F. O. C. Darleyb. 1822USnot in their usual nameAmerican artist (1822–1888)
- Octavius Pickard-Cambridgeb. 1828GBBritish entomologist (1828–1917)
- Octavius Cattob. 1839USAmerican activist (1839–1871)
- W. O. Forsythb. 1859CAnot in their usual nameCanadian pianist and composer
- Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridgeb. 1860GBBritish arachnologist (1860-1905)
- Octavius Ellisb. 1993USAmerican basketball player (born 1993)
- Octavius J. Johnsonb. 1994USAmerican actor
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 33 sources across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.1K | #7,140 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1991 | 126 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1987 | 106 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1993 | 102 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 96 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1990 | 95 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1988 | 93 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 88 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1995 | 87 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2020 | 85 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1994 | 85 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 84 | — |
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 Octavius mean, and where does it come from?
- A male given name from Latin, in occasional use. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Octavius?
- In the etymology graph, Octavio, Octave and Ottavio are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Is Octavius a male or female name?
- Octavius 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 Octavius have the most bearers?
- Octavius is most frequently recorded in the United States.
- How do you pronounce Octavius?
- A machine transcription gives /ɑkˈteɪviəs/ (IPA) for English.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/octaviusThe 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, “Octavius”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.