Octavia

I think this name is beautiful. Octavia sounds very regal and serious but with lighter nicknames and I love it! I'm not a fan of frillier names and really like the strength Octavia has.

I love this name! Reminds me of the sweet and trendy prep team member from the Hunger Games

i imagine British royalty or a staff member for some royal family (not necessarily British) shouting that at a young princess/daughter of a noble family

Maybe octavia butler :) She's a very good writer

My name, is Octavia, and with a little insight into it, here are some nicknames and some thoughts by friends on it! I usually get nicknamed October, Tavia, Tavi , Octa, and along with that a bunch of other nicknames my friends have pulled out from somewhere in nowhere! My friends have said they pefr Olivia, but loads say it's a pretty and uncommon name, and I've never met a person who dislikes it! The unique name, though uncommon, is a cute name for anyone. It could fit anyone!

An undiscovered gem! Octavia rolls off the tounge nicely,and makes me think of royalty. Octavia would make the perfect choice for parents who love Olivia, but not the popularity of it. Octavia Rose sound nice together. I think Octavia Rose and Estella Grace would make an adorable sister set.

I like the subtle musical association. And I really like Tavi as a nickname!

I think Lottie could work for Octavia. I'm not one for thinking nicknames have to be too exact, or like. They develop in all kinds of ways... eg Peggy and Daisy are nicknames for Margaret, Polly for Mary, Posy for Josephine.

Lottie seems too much of a stretch to me. I'm loving Avia or Ava as possible nicknames. The name does really need one, as it's hard not to use one for a four syllable name. Octavia is beautiful, though. I think that it is going to increase a lot in popularity, as I keep hearing it mentioned, especially as a possible alternative to Olivia.

This is such a gorgeous name, I love the history of it and how it (at least to my ears) sounds musical (Octavia/Octave)

It could be used for a girl born in August the 8th month!

Love Ava as an alternative to O as a nickname!

Friends been calling me Octa for years as a nickname. I'm even a first born in the family.

That's a great name, congrats!

As someone who is called Octavia, I love my name and get so many compliments. I usually go by Tavia or Tavie (tay-vee), and love how unique my name is - I have never met anyone with the same name!

One of my guilty pleasures names. My hubby would never go for this one and it's not on my short list, but I still like it :)

I was young, probably like 13 and got a old second hand book from a garage sale( cannot remember the book but possibly a VC Andrews book) .. Written of the book, on the inside of the cover someone had written her name.. In the most beautiful script was the name Octavia and her last name that I dont remember.. And have always loved the name

I was young, probably like 13 and got a
old second hand book from a garage sale( cannot remember the book but possibly a VC Andrews book) .. Inside of the cover someone had written her name.. In the most beautiful script was the name Octavia and her last name that i dont remember.. And have always loved the name

Our 2 month old daughter is named Octavia Joan. I was hesitant at first as I'm big on nicknames but now she gets little O, Tay and Ava. Everyone comments on her name and I love it.

That is where a nickname would come in handy

Perhaps if I had an eighth child and she was a daughter I would call her Octavia, but I am really too young to try to make plans for a future which is still so distant.

I love the name Octavia! It's strong but it has a feminine ring to it.

I think using Ava as a nickname would be possible.

Femininity is a constructed concept, so it's open to interpretation.

A lot of nicknames develop naturally that you would never have thought of before. Or if you used Octavia as a first name, you could call her by her middle name, or a nickname derived from her middle name.
I have a friend named Olivia who is often called simply "O" in the same vein that my name (Emily) often gets shortened to merely "Em."
Going by O (like, on paperwork and everything) is kind of bad ass actually-- makes me think of M or Q from the Bond movies. :)

Is Lottie too much of a stretch? I feel like if you say Octavia and Lottie together they do sound very similar, it's just the issue that there isn't an L anywhere in Octavia never mind at the start.

A bit too smelly animal for me but yea, I think it works, a little bit of a stretch but not that much really.

Via and Avi are definitely both plausible, I think I'd like them if someone else used them but they don't particualrly seem to be my style.

Lovely regal name, with an air of gravitas to it, sounds like a queen's name. Evokes the same feel as Aurelia to me. Nickname options I'd use for Octavia: Tavi, Tavia, Via, Avia.

One huge nitpicky thing for me would be that I'd hesitate to use Octavia on any girl other than my eighth child, which would SO not happen. And even if I were to have at least eight children, there are no guarantees that it would be a daughter! (I have this same exact issue with Quentin xD)

I think Via (vee-ah) or Avi (ay-vee) are both cute nickname options.

Well, how about Otter? It's a little on the stretched side, but I think it works.

Nicknames for Octavia?
Octy, Occy, Octo, Tavi, Tavia, Tia? I'm not feeling any tbh. I'm really a nickname kind of person so I can never love a name if I don't love the nickname too.

Any idea what could be used?
Otty possibly? I like that it's similar to Lottie but it doesn't seem to have the same appeal.
Octa would work but it's quite harsh sounding to me.

A very harsh sounding name with no femininity to it. But hey, to each their own.

I can't decide how I feel about this name. Do I like it or not? Hmm...

I've known a lot of young, very pretty Octavias. I just think the name is so hard sounding.

I was at a swimming pool and a mother shouted across the room "Octavia! Stop!" It's a fanciful name but not one that suited being shouted across a pool..

As much as I love the number 8, Octavia is so clunky to me. I've known a few in my life tho. I think it'll grow on me eventually.

I'm so obsessed. I have a Julian and I think Octavia would be perfect, my husband finally agreed to it, so I'm so thrilled!

I could see Octavia following Olivia

I love this name with a passion.