Octavian

Octavian may refer to:
People
Octavian Abrudan (b.1984), Romanian footballer
Octavian Belu (b.1951), Romanian gymnastics coach
Octavian Bodișteanu (b.1977), Moldovan politician
Octavian Chihaia (b.1981), Romanian footballer
Octavian Drăghici (b.1985), Romanian footballer
Octavian Goga (1881-1938), Romanian politician, poet and playwright
Octavian Grigore (b.1964), Romanian footballer
Octavian Guţu (b.1982), Moldovan swimmer
Octavian Ionescu (b.1990), Romanian footballer
Ștefan Octavian Iosif (1875-1913), Romanian poet and translator
Octavian Nemescu (b.1940), Romanian composer
Octavian Ormenișan (b.1992), Romanian footballer
Octavian Paler (1926-2007), Romanian writer and activist
Octavian Popescu (b.1938), Romanian footballer
Octavian Popescu (footballer born 1985)
Octavian Smigelschi (1866-1912), Austro-Hungarian Romanian painter
Octavian Codru Tăslăuanu (1876-1942), Romanian magazine editor and politician
Octavian Țîcu (b.1972), Moldovan politician
Octavian Utalea (1868-?), Romanian politician
Octavian Vintilă (b.1938), Romanian fencer
Octavian Zidaru (b.1953), Romanian fencer
Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (anglicized Octavian), the name of Augustus (63 BC – 14 AD) before he became Emperor of Rome
Octavian, the Antipope Victor IV (1159–1164)
Fictional characters
Octavian, the title character in the 1911 opera Der Rosenkavalier
Octavian, the real name of Gus, a mouse in the 1950 Disney movie Cinderella
Octavian, a legacy of Apollo from The Heroes of Olympus novels
Other uses
Octavian (romance), 14th century Middle English poem
Octavians, financial commissioners in 16th century Scotland

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Masc. proper name, from Latin, from Octavius, from octavus "eighth," from octo (see eight). But although we find so marked differences in the use of the numerals as names, it is impossible to believe that this use did not arise in the same way for all; that is, that they were at first used to distinguish children by the order of birth. But when we find them as praenomina in historical times it is evident that they no longer referred to order of birth. [George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina," "Harvard Studies in Classical Philology," 1897]

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Eighth, born eighth.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Gaius Octavian
2	Octavian Paler	1926	Romanian writer and politician
3	Lucky Octavian	1981
4	Octavian Bellu	1951	Gymnastics coach
5	Amarulla Octavian
6	Tudor Octavian	1939	Romanian journalist
7	Octavian Abrudan	1984	Footballer
8	Octavian Drăghici	1985	Footballer
9	Octavian Grigore	1964	Footballer
10	Octavian Țâcu	1972	Moldovan historian
11	Octavian Smigelschi	1866	Austro-Hungarian Romanian painter
12	Octavian Soviany	1954	Romanian literary critic
13	Octavian Nemescu	1940	Romanian composer
14	Octavian Sava	1928
15	Octavian Chihaia	1981	Romanian footballer
16	Octavian Vintilă	1938	Romanian fencer
17	Octavian Codru Tăslăuanu	1876
18	Octavian Guțu	1982	Swimmer
19	Octavian Angheluță	1904	Painter Octavian Angheluță
20	Octavian Zidaru	1953	Romanian fencer
21	Octavian Blewitt	1810	British writer
22	Octavian Ursu	1994	Romanian footballer
23	Octavian Ormenișan	1992	Footballer
24	Octavian Onofrei	1991
25	Octavian Bodișteanu	1977	Moldovan politician
26	Octavian Fodor	1913
27	Octavian Bârlea	1913
28	Octavian Utalea	1868	Prefect of Romania
29	Octavian Moșescu	1894
30	Octavian Simu	1935
31	Octavian Naghiu	1933
32	Octavian Șchiau	1930	Romanian philologist
33	Octavian von Collalto und San Salvatore	1842	Austrian chamberlain (1842-1912)
34	Octavian Morariu	1961
35	Octavian Popescu	1985	Romanian association football player
36	Octavian Motoc	1963	Romanian politician
37	Octavian Moisin	1914
38	Octavian Buhociu	1919
39	Octavian Petric	1961	Romanian politician
40	Octavian Ionescu	1949	Romanian association football player
41	Octavian Dușa	1954
42	Octavian Luchian	1903
43	Octavian Cotescu	1931
44	Octavian Goga	1970	Romanian politician
45	Octavian Opriș
46	Octavian Georgescu	1889
47	Octavian Dogariu
48	Octavian Fieroiu
49	Octavian Armașu	1969	Minister of Finance of Moldova
50	Octavian Muntean
51	Octavian Ştreng	1947
52	Octavian Vasu
53	Octavian Bringuièr	1829