Portuguese Wiktionary account
Source-reportedDo latim octavianus
Sources for this account (2)
- Portuguese Wiktionary: OctavianusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Wikidata Q58341560CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Opening name…
Opening name…
A name. A world of connections.
A given name in Latin
Language context for this entry: Latin
No sourced pronunciation yet
01 / Meaning & origin
Octavianus is a masculine given name.
Do latim octavianus
02 / Across borders
Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.
The name atlas
0
countries in our sources
Select a country to follow Octavianus’s connections around the world.
0 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
Selected country
Our sources do not yet connect this name with a country. New records will appear here as coverage grows.
No country coverage is recorded yet.
03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
No official statistics are imported for this spelling. No statistical dataset covering this spelling has been imported yet. See data coverage.
04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
OCTAVIANUS— “eighth”
Some unknown Octavus (the eighth) probably founded the Octavian gens, which had only been of note in Rome for 200 years before Caius Octavius Rufus married Julia, the sister of Cæsar, and their son Caius, being adopted as heir of the Julian line, became C. Julius Cæsar Octavianus, though he afterwards merged this unwieldy title in that of Augustus. Octavius gained a certain renown through him, and Ottavio has passed on in Italy, while eighth sons are perhaps most usually…
Some unknown Octavus (the eighth) probably founded the Octavian gens, which had only been of note in Rome for 200 years before Caius Octavius Rufus married Julia, the sister of Cæsar, and their son Caius, being adopted as heir of the Julian line, became C. Julius Cæsar Octavianus, though he afterwards merged this unwieldy title in that of Augustus. Octavius gained a certain renown through him, and Ottavio has passed on in Italy, while eighth sons are perhaps most usually named Octavius. The gentle Octavia, his sister, the most loveable of matrons, has made Ottavia an Italian name, and Octavie is one adopted by modern French taste. October is the eighth month in all modern tongues.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter II (Latin Prænomina), Section V (Numeral Names) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
A little story to keep
Take the story of Octavianus with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.
06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
