Octavian
Octavian is a boy name of Latin origin, meaning The eighth-born.
What Octavian means
The eighth-born.
Octavian sits at 8 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop. Its 4 vowels give it a flowing rhythm.
Where Octavian 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.
Octavian is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.
How popular is Octavian?
You will not find Octavian in the top 100 boy names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Octavian
Octavian spans the long-established classics and royalty and rule, which is why it can read differently depending on which association you notice first. Both threads are worth following.
Names like Octavian
These share Octavian's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- August — Great, venerable, majestic.
- Augustus — Great, venerable and majestic.
- Julius — Youthful; downy-bearded.
- Lawrence — Crowned with laurel.
- Augusta — Great and venerable.
- Diana — Divine; goddess of the moon and hunt.
- Victoria — Victory.
- Alexander — Defender of the people.
- Henry — Ruler of the home.
- William — Resolute protector.
- Cesare — Long-haired; emperor.
- Charles — Free man.