Octavio
Barely 53 men in Poland carry this name, so most Poles have never met one. It comes to Polish through Spanish, from the Latin for "eighth".
Octavio Pronunciation
What Octavio means
Where Octavio comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Octavio begins in Latin, in the ordinal octavus, which means eighth. Roman families used numeral names to mark order of birth, and octavus fell on the eighth child. The name kept that counting sense as it passed into Spanish.
In Spanish-speaking countries Octavio grew into a full given name, worn far from any tally of siblings. Its most documented bearer is Octavio Paz, the Mexican poet who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1990. His essays and verse carried the name into libraries well beyond Mexico.
On a Polish class register, Octavio stands apart from the Szymons and Bartoszes. It reads as foreign and clearly Spanish, yet it still parses. The meaning underneath does not move. Ósmy, the eighth.
How many people are named Octavio
1 in 402758 men in Poland is named Octavio. 53 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5170 among male names.
Octavio's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Octavio is most popular
Octavio is most popular in Silesian, 850% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Silesian2 boys born+850%
Octavio as a middle name
Octavio is a first name for 53 men in Poland and a middle name for another 17, a 76/24 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2248th, between Nolan (17) and Okan (17).
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#2246 Neal17
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#2247 Nolan17
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#2248 Octavio17
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#2249 Okan17
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#2250 Pankaj17