During my weekly trawl through the historical records yesterday I got stuck on the name Octavius. I became fascinated by the other name choices that the parents who chose this grandiose moniker also made. Some seem to have gone for equally regal and sophisticated names, others have strangely mixed the everyday with the extraordinary.
Below is a selection of British siblings containing an Octavius, from the last century to modern times. The year relates to the birth-year of the Octavius in that set.
1879:
Octavius William Melville Oswald Colville Norman Headly Vickers
1884:
Jane Ursula Harriet Percy Howard Thomas Alice Maud Mary Florinda Sarah Clara Octavius Frank Leonard
1885:
Christopher Horace Christopher Adolphus A Agnes Alberta Christopher Montague T Christopher Horace A T Lilian Charlotte Christopher Septimus M Octavius Christopher K Nonus Christopher
1887:
Ethel Florence Octavius Edward Edith Daisy Elias Frank Frederick Bernard Kathleen Lilian Ivy Beatrice
1888:
Charles Henry Alice Helen Stephen George Albert Edward Edith Emma Frank Sydney James Alexander John Elsie Ethel Septimus Julian Beatrice Hilda Octavius Gordon / Nonus Nelson (twins)
1889:
Gwladys Octavius Olwen Arianwen Llewela
1890:
Ernest Ezekiel Octavius Daisy Samuel Flossie Alexander
1893:
Owain Iestyn Myfanwy Rachael Demetrius Septimus* Octavius Gwenllian Olwen
1894:
Ethel Fanny Rosalie Elizabeth William Richard Albert Edward Gertrude Eveline Octavius Henry Elsie Winifred
1894:
William Currie Hall John Rowland Charles Morris Duncan Roderick R Octavius Peel Mona Nona Glendower Gordon Mary A. Josephine Eulalie
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1895:
Octavius William Matilda Blanche Pleasance Virtue Reginald Stanley Francis Samuel Cassandra Amelia
1901:
William Edwin Clarissa Adeline P Fenella Audrey N Leonora Ayeisha M Jewel Adelaide Octavius Alexander
1902:
Katie John Windsor Sarah Evan Edith Mary William David Arthur Wyndham Tudor Colwyn Bertha Damaris Owen Tudor Octavius Noah Lydia Dorothy
1902:
Octavius Gordon Royal Ivy Victoria Wilfrid Lawson Vidabell Doreen Beryl Olive Frances Sarah
1904:
Cyril George Ida Pearl Edward Henry Octavius James Christian Ernest Ralph John
1905:
Theophilus Charles Elsie Annie Baden Powell Isaiah Gwyn Octavius George Dennis Reynolds David Leonard
1929:
Irene M R Octavius A E Miriam A E
1932:
Marian Stewart Claudia Claudius Lionel Octavius
1986:
Spartacus Cornelius C Octavius Pius A Achilles Lysander I Lysander Coriolanus Theodore
2006:
Atticus Monty Octavius Kit Ptolemy Ned Ignatius Mungo
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*I found 16 siblings sets that contained both an Octavius and a Septimus. And, yes, Septimus was usually the 7th child, Octavius the 8th.