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Octavis

♂ Boy

Pronounced ok-TAY-vis /ɑkˈteɪ.vɪs/Medium

Meaning: Octavis is a reshaped form of Octavius, the Roman name from Latin octavus, meaning eighth, once given to an eighth child or a family's eighth in line. The trimmed ending gives it a more modern sound.Low

In 30 seconds: Octavis is a variant of Octavius, the Latin name meaning eighth. It appeared in small numbers in the later twentieth century (said ok-TAY-vis).

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Origin LowLatin, American

MeaningOctavis is a reshaped form of Octavius, the Roman name from Latin octavus, meaning eighth, once given to an eighth child or a family's eighth in line. The trimmed ending gives it a more modern sound.

U.S. rank (2015)#11708 ↘ Falling

2015 U.S. births6 boys (0.00% of U.S. boys)

Peak year1980

Total births (all-time)≈ 289

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Octavis reworks Octavius, a Roman name from the word for eighth. The clipped -is ending sets it among the modern American respellings of classical names, keeping the Latin sense while sounding fresh.

Records place Octavis mainly from the nineteen-seventies into the twenty-tens, always in tiny numbers near the floor. A boy named Octavis around its high point would be a grown man today.

Did you know? Latin once used ordinal names like Octavius to mark birth order, so the root of Octavis literally means the eighth.

Overall data confidence 40%

References - Octavis — Variant of Octavius; Latin octavus, eighth; low-frequency US records.

Variations

OctaviusOctaviousOctavus

Nicknames

TavisTayOct

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Octavis mean?

Octavis is a variant of Octavius, from the Latin octavus, meaning eighth.

How do you pronounce Octavis?

It is said ok-TAY-vis /ɑkˈteɪ.vɪs/, three beats with the stress in the middle.

Is Octavis a boy or girl name?

Octavis is used as a boy's name.

How popular is Octavis?

It was always rare, given to only about a dozen boys a year even at its peak in the early nineteen-eighties.