Octavia

Octavia is a name out of marble—Latin for "eighth," originally given to the eighth child or a daughter of the Octavii, the Roman family that produced Augustus himself. His sister Octavia Minor was famously dignified and shrewd. The name moved through English literature via Shaw and stepped fully into contemporary awareness thanks to the science fiction visionary Octavia Butler. Four syllables that arrange themselves like a sonnet: ok-TAY-vee-ah. It has climbed briskly into the Top 300, now near 295, with the ready nickname Tavi or Via. Regal, literary, a little otherworldly—Octavia carries empires lightly.