Boy · Latin
Octavio
Say it: ok-TAH-byoh
Meaning
From Latin octavus 'eighth'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 10,758 babies given this name since 1908
- At its height in 2003, about 1 in 4,500 boys
- 131 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Portuguese | Otávio |
|---|---|
| Italian | Ottavio |
Famous bearers
- Octavio Paz, Mexican poet and Nobel laureate
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Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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