Octavia
Octavia is a female given name. The male form is octavian . The name is derived from the Roman family name ( nomen gentile ) Octavius , whose feminine form is Octavia . In the pre-classical period, the name also appeared as a first name ( praenomen ), meaning the eighth .
Well-known namesake
- Octavia Maior , the older half-sister of Augustus, daughter of Gaius Octavius (father of the Princeps) and his first wife Ancharia;
- Octavia Minor (around 70 BC – 11 BC), the older sister of Augustus, daughter of Gaius Octavius and Atia, wife of Marcus Antonius;
- Claudia Octavia (March 40–8 June 62), daughter of Claudius and Messalina and first wife of Nero;
- Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006), American science fiction writer
- Octavia Spencer (born 1972), American actress
Other meanings
- Octavia (drama) , a drama about Claudia Octavia;
- Octavia (opera) , an opera by Reinhard Keizer
- Roman Octavia , a novel by Duke Anton Ulrich von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, (Nuremberg 1685–1707, 7 volumes; Braunschweig 1712);
- Škoda Octavia , a car made by Škoda.
- (598) Octavia , an asteroid
Other spellings
- Oktavia Aigner-Rollett (1877–1959) Austrian physician
- Oktawia Kawęcka (* 1991 in Radom, Poland) is a Polish singer, songwriter, flautist and actress.
- Oktavia (cherry) , sweet cherry
