Meaning: Its source is a Latin expression meaning "Eighth."

Languages: This boy's name was used in Latin.

Variant Forms: Octavian and Octave

Feminine Forms: Octavia

Non-English Forms: Octavio and Ottavio

Narrative: The praenomen (first name) in ancient Rome was often ordinal. Other such names that are still in use include Quintus (fifth), Sextus (sixth), Septimus (seventh) and Nona (ninth). These names either recorded the bearer's birth order or the number of the month in which they were born.