Octavia
Octavia is a girl name of Latin origin, meaning The eighth-born.
What Octavia means
The eighth-born.
Octavia sits at 7 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room. Its 4 vowels give it a flowing rhythm.
Where Octavia comes from
Latin names travelled through the Roman world and then through the Church, which is why so many survive across Europe in local variants. A great many were originally descriptive — of virtue, of appearance, or of birth order.
Octavia is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.
How popular is Octavia?
Octavia is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Octavia is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Octavia
We group Octavia under the long-established classics. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Classic
Names like Octavia
These share Octavia's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Aurelia — The golden one.
- Beatrice — She who brings happiness.
- Camila — Perfect, unblemished.
- Clara — Bright, clear, famous.
- Grace — Grace, elegance, divine favor.
- Olive — The olive tree; peace.
- Rose — The rose flower.
- Augusta — Great and venerable.
- Beatrix — Voyager; bringer of joy.
- Cecilia — Patroness of music.
- Claudia — An old Roman family name.
- Clementine — Mild and merciful.