Given name & surname
Octave
“the eighth-born child”
Octave is a variant of Octavio. One Latin interpretation is “the eighth-born child.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Octave is a variant of Octavio. One Latin interpretation is “the eighth-born child.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Octave is a variant of Octavio. An origin associated with Octavio is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Octave through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 450
- 450 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 249 as a first name in 2020; 413 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Octave’s family of names
Octave has a related form in Octavio. In French usage, Octave has a conventional equivalent in the English form Octavius. In French usage, Octave has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Octávio.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Octave has relatives in 3 languages.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Octave
- Octave MirbeauFrench writer, art critic and journalist (1848–1917)
- Octave LapizeFrench racing cyclist (1887–1917)
- Octave FeuilletFrench writer (1821–1890)
- Octave ChanuteFrench-American aviation pioneer (1832–1910)
- Octave TassaertFrench painter and engraver (1800-1874)
- Octave CrémazieCanadian poet (1827-1879)
- Octave PirmezBelgian writer (1832-1883)
- Octave UzanneFrench writer (1851–1931)
- Octave Mausart critic, lawyer, writer (1856–1919)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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