Octavia
Latin for "eighth", the name once marking an eighth child. In Poland it barely registers: fewer than 80 women carry it, and most Poles will never meet one. The last handful of girls given the name arrived in the mid-2010s.
Octavia Pronunciation
What Octavia means
Where Octavia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Octavia comes from Latin, from octavus, meaning eighth. Roman families numbered their children, and the eighth in line could receive such a name. Octavius was the masculine form. In Polish the meaning stays plain: ósma.
Octavia the Younger, sister of the emperor Augustus, carried the name in the first century before our era. Later it settled into English use. Octavia Hill, the housing reformer who helped found the National Trust in 1895, made it familiar to English ears.
The eighth child grew rare, yet the name did not need eight siblings to survive. On a Polish urząd form Octavia sits among newer arrivals, a Latin number made into a girl's name. Its meaning has not moved. Octavia still says eighth.
How many people are named Octavia
1 in 296629 women in Poland is named Octavia. 76 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4102 among female names.
Octavia's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Octavia is most popular
Octavia is most popular in Greater Poland, 402% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Silesian (+375%).
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Greater Poland2 girls born+402%
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Silesian2 girls born+375%
Octavia as a middle name
Octavia is a first name for 76 women in Poland and a middle name for another 43, a 64/36 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1053rd, between Ngozi (43) and Paris (43).
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#1051 Milada43
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#1052 Ngozi43
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#1053 Octavia43
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#1054 Paris43
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#1055 Rosie43