Given name & surname
Tavio
“the eighth-born child”
Tavio is a form of Octavio. One Latin interpretation is “the eighth-born child.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Spanish use, Tavio carries the interpretation “the eighth-born child.” Tavio is a form of Octavio. One Latin interpretation is “the eighth-born child.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
Tavio is used as a form of Octavio.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tavio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 158
- 158 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1966
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,676 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,676 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 1966. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 192 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tavio’s family of names
Tavio is a form of Octavio. Tavio has a related form in Taveo. Tavio has a related form in Taveyo.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tavio
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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