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Octavian

Gender
Boy
Say it
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Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#1,859 for boys
US rank, 2025
#2,572 for boys

Octavian is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “eighth”. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies) and 2,572nd for boys in the US (51 babies).

What does Octavian mean?

Latin: from Latin Octavianus

“eighth”

Octavian was the name of the first Roman emperor before the Senate gave him the title Augustus in 27 BC.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Octavian a girl's or a boy's name?

Octavian is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK and 51 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Octavian in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,859th among boys
Babies in 2025
14 about 1 in 21,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady much the same
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Octavian, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,657th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 16 boys.

Half of all the boys named Octavian in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,795th in England and Wales.

2008Busiest: 16 in 20182025
Octavian in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202514#1,859
202412#2,009
202316#1,643
202214#1,789
20219#2,434
202015#1,657
201911#2,102
201816#1,638
201714#1,822
20166#3,241
20156#3,149
20144#4,063
20135#3,466
20124#4,147
20110–
20105#3,478
20094#3,909
20087#2,616

How popular is Octavian in the US?

Rank in 2025
2,572nd among boys
Babies in 2025
51 about 1 in 33,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady up 9% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 51 boys in the US were named Octavian, making it the 2,572nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,545th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 66 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.

2025 had fewer boys named Octavian than any year since 2020.

Half of all the boys named Octavian in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 57 boys in the US were given Octavian or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,037, up from #2,572 for this spelling alone.

1970Busiest: 66 in 20212025
Octavian in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202551#2,572
202464#2,236
202358#2,361
202261#2,324
202166#2,156
202050#2,545
201961#2,264
201847#2,634
201740#2,950
201656#2,335
201531#3,512
201433#3,295
201343#2,713
201229#3,622
201154#2,345
201038#3,013
200955#2,347
200844#2,752
200758#2,257
200633#3,225
200524#3,811
200429#3,281
200329#3,181
200227#3,255
200122#3,716
200031#2,858
199924#3,275
199816#4,193
199725#2,976
199617#3,824
199521#3,186
199410#5,446
199312#4,690
199216#3,740
199117#3,456
199015#3,773
19899#5,158
198810#4,445
198711#3,954
198615#3,128
19859#4,328
19849#4,212
198310#3,882
19825#6,383
198110#3,856
198011#3,614
197910#3,808
197812#3,214
197710#3,604
19769#3,722
19757#4,307
19746#4,632
19730–
19728#3,620
19717#3,961
19706#4,228

Names like Octavian

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Sebastian, Maximilian, Luca, Roman, Cillian, Rowan, Finn, Julian, Cassian, Remy, Austin, Jaxon

Other spellings of Octavian

Octavion

Names related to Octavian

Octaviano

More Latin names

Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Clara, Anthony

Every Latin name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Octavian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/octavian, updated 20 October 2026.