Meaning of the nameOtávio

Male
Latin origin
O-tá-vi-o

Otávio is a male name of Latin origin, coming from Octavius, a Roman family name derived from octāvus, 'eighth'.

Meaning

“from Octavius, a Roman family name derived from Latin octāvus, 'eighth'”

Source: Wiktionary: Otávio · Behind the Name: Octavius

People (2022): 132,191
Rank in Brazil: #249
Median age: 15 years
2010 Census: 100,541; people

Otávio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Otávio, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (37,501 people).

923 women 131,268 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Otávio is most common

States with the highest share of people named Otávio in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	33,659	0.076%
Minas Gerais	19,845	0.097%
Paraná	10,144	0.089%
Rio Grande do Sul	10,029	0.092%
Rio de Janeiro	7,334	0.046%
Bahia	7,262	0.051%
Santa Catarina	6,437	0.085%
Goiás	4,046	0.057%
Pernambuco	3,968	0.044%
Pará	3,742	0.046%
Mato Grosso	3,000	0.082%
Maranhão	2,980	0.044%
Espírito Santo	2,914	0.076%
Ceará	2,843	0.032%
Mato Grosso do Sul	2,346	0.085%
Amazonas	1,507	0.038%
Alagoas	1,390	0.044%
Piauí	1,356	0.042%
Paraíba	1,330	0.034%
Rio Grande do Norte	1,314	0.040%
Distrito Federal	1,093	0.039%
Sergipe	1,037	0.047%
Tocantins	990	0.066%
Rondônia	826	0.052%
Amapá	305	0.042%
Acre	281	0.034%
Roraima	213	0.034%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Otávio

Otávio is a learned borrowing from the Latin Octāvius, which Wiktionary forms from octāvus, 'eighth', plus the suffix -ius. Behind the Name describes Octavius as a Roman family name and lists Otávio as the Brazilian form and Octávio as the Portuguese form. Wiktionary records Octávio as a spelling from before 1990, and the feminine is Otávia. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 132,191 people named Otávio, most of them born in the 2000s and 2010s. Proportionally, the name is most common in Minas Gerais.

Sources

Wiktionary: Otávio · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Octavius · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Octavius · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Otavio · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Otávio

What does the name Otávio mean?

Otávio means “from Octavius, a Roman family name derived from Latin octāvus, 'eighth'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Otávio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 132,191 people with the first name Otávio, which ranks it number 249 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Otávio a boy's or a girl's name?

Otávio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 923 women and 131,268 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Otávio?

Otávio is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Otávio most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.097% of the state's population is named Otávio (19,845 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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