Given name & surname
Octavio
“the eighth-born child”
Octavio is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “the eighth-born child.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “the eighth-born child.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
From Latin Octāvius, built from Latin octāvus (“eighth”) + -ius.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1908. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Octavio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11,454
- 11,449 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 437 babies
- 2025
- 154
- #1,278 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +3%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 154 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,278 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 2.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 437 in 2003. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (41). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 19,763 as a first name in 2020; 218 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.
Octavio’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Octavio has a conventional equivalent in the English form Octavius. Octavio has a related form in Octavius. Octavio has a related form in Octavious.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Octaviusvariant · English
- Octavianvariant
- Octaviousvariant
- Ottaviovariant
- Octavusvariant
- Octavevariant
- Octtaviolikely variant
- Otáviovariant · Portuguese
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Octavio
- Octavio PazMexican writer, poet an diplomat (1914–1998)
- Octavio LepagePresident of Venezuela (acting) in 19931923–2017
- Octavio DíazArgentine footballer (1900-1973)
- Octavio Beras RojasCatholic cardinal (1906–1990)
- Octavio ZambranoEcuadorian association football managerborn 1958
- Octavio OcampoMexican artistborn 1943
- Octavio VialMexican footballer (1918-1989)
- Ottavio Acquaviva d'AragonaItalian cardinal1560–1612
- Octavio RiveroUruguayan footballerborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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