Octavian
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning eighth; form of Octavius.
Octavian by the numbers
In 2025, 14 babies in England and Wales were named Octavian. In the US, 39 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 58 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Names that come from Octavian
Forms of Octavian in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Other names that come from Octavius
Like Octavian, each of these traces back to Octavius: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Octavian. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Names about as common as Octavian
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