Octavia - Origin and Meaning of the name

The girl name Octavia [ 4 syll. oc-ta-via, oct-av-ia ] is pronounced aaKTEYViyah ^KEY. Octavia is of Latin origin. It is used mainly in English and German. Derived from the word octavus which has the meaning 'eighth'. An old form of the name is the Latin Octavias. The name was borne by Octavia Minor (69-11 BC), the sister of Emperor Augustus who became the fourth wife of Mark Antony, as well as Claudia Octavia (40-62), the first wife of the Emperor Nero. The name was adopted by English speakers in the 19th century. Octavia is the feminine equivalent of the English and German Octavius.

A form of Octavia is the Italian Ottavia.

Octavia is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1987, 0.024% of baby girls were named Octavia. It had a ranking of #485 then. The baby name has seen a marked drop in frequency since then, and is of only sporadic use now. Within all girl names in its family, Octavia was nevertheless the most widely used in 2007.

^KEY: Pronunciation for Octavia: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"

A famous person named Octavia is Writer, Octavia Butler, born 22 June 1947 - 24 February 2006, Pasadena, California.

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