Octavius

Where Octavius comes from

From Latin Octāvius, name of a Roman gens.
— Wiktionary's entry for Octavius
  • Latin
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1828
    Octavius Pickard-Cambridge born
    British entomologist
  2. 1911
    First appearance
    #1,537 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1987
    Peak, #914
    106 babies named Octavius — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1993
    Octavius Ellis born
    American basketball player
  5. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,027.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin, in occasional use.
Namesakes
  • Octavius Pickard-Cambridge · British entomologist, 1828–1917
  • Octavius Ellis · American basketball player, born 1993
  • Octavius Catto · American activist, 1839–1871
  • Octavius Brooks Frothingham · American clergyman and writer, 1822–1895
  • Octavius Winslow · English theologian, 1808–1878

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.