Octavia

From Latin Octāvia, feminine form of the gens name Octāvius, from octavus (“the eighth”).

• IPA^(key): /əkˈteɪ.vi.ə/
• Rhymes: -eɪviə

Octavia

1. A female given name from Latin, in quiet use since the Middle Ages.
   • c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
     : Act II, Scene II:

     If beauty, wisdom, modesty can settle
     The heart of Antony, Octavia is
     A blessed lottery to him.

2. (astronomy) 598 Octavia, a minor planet orbiting around the Sun.

From Latin Octāvia. Usually given to children born in October (hence its root octō (“eight”)).

• IPA^(key): /ɔkˌtavi(j)a/

Octavia

1. a female given name from Latin [in turn transferred from the month name]

   Maulidia Octavia "Via Vallen", b. 1991

Feminine form of the Roman gens name Octāvius, from octavus (“the eighth”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔkˈtaː.wi.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [okˈt̪aː.vi.a]

Octāvia f (genitive Octāviae); first declension

1. a female given name

First-declension noun.

• Prima
• Secunda
• Tertia
• Quarta
• Quinta
• Sexta
• Septima
• Octavia
• Nona
• Decima