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Octavia

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slidley · 07/07/2015 11:15

What are opinions on Octavia, for a girl, please. Good name or bad name? Also, I'd thought it was obvious, but how would you pronounce it.

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manicinsomniac · 14/07/2015 13:59

I love it.

Wouldn't dare use it myself but if you want to then go for it!

MadameJosephine · 14/07/2015 12:19

I know a lovely Italian girl named Ottavia (o-tar-vee-a) which I think is really pretty

BothEndsBurning · 14/07/2015 09:18

I didn't even know there was a car model named Octavia. Lots of proper names have been used for marketing purposes, it wouldn't bother me.

ChrisQuean · 13/07/2015 20:46

Oc-tay-vee-ah.

I once worked with an Octavius who was an old Etonian and pal of David Cameron. I'll leave you to imagine what he was like (and you'd be right!)

It's a nice name, if rather pretentious. No good nick names that doesn't sound contrived. It's a big name to carry off, like Augusta or an Anunziata Grin

EmmaWoodlouse · 13/07/2015 20:41

I'd pronounce it OcTAYvia, but it's not my cup of tea - sounds very upper class to me.

WombOfOnesOwn · 13/07/2015 20:38

This is my chosen name if my baby turns out to be a girl--Octavia Frances, specifically. Tavvy for short.

AliAliAlium · 09/07/2015 14:34

Oc-tay-vee-a. Wouldn't immediately think of the car. I really like it.

DramaAlpaca · 08/07/2015 23:56

I like the name, but wouldn't be brave enough to use it & DH would veto anyway.

I'd pronounce it Oc-tay-vee-a.

AFAIK the Skoda car model is pronounced Oc-tah-vee-a (according to the TV ads at least)

maggiethemagpie · 08/07/2015 21:17

Sister of Mercedes and Portia (Porsche)?

Y0la · 08/07/2015 18:53

I like it. But it's hard to say as well. I can see an Octavia being tavy for short. would thtq bother you?

RiverTam · 08/07/2015 18:10

Oct-Tay-vee-ar

Don't like it. There was a girl at school called this, she was Occy for short which is also awful.

waxweasel · 08/07/2015 18:05

I know one - she's about 18-24 months. She's Oc-tay-vee-a but was introduced to me as NN Tavi (pron Tah-vee) which I thought was cute.

Sansarya · 08/07/2015 13:12

It was my gran's middle name too as she was an eighth child.

Sansarya · 08/07/2015 13:11

It's my mother's middle name and she's always hated it. No idea why, as I think it's very stately.

CardinalRed · 08/07/2015 13:11

Oc-tay-vee-a

There is no "r" in Octavia!

I thought of the Jilly Cooper book too.

shushpenfold · 08/07/2015 10:27

Octay-vee ah

LOVE the name....might just use it myself!!

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slidley · 08/07/2015 10:25

It was a classical Roman name, then used by Shakespeare, long before a Skoda car was named. So if the car is a person's main/only point of reference than that doesn't bother me

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DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 08/07/2015 10:16

I'm sure you will get comments about cars the way some say Lotus! when a girl's called Elise but I like it, I'd say OcTAYvia.

WorktoLive · 08/07/2015 07:08

As long as you're happy with a lot of 'what, like the car?' comments, it's fine.

I know it's a real name and there was one in Shakespeare.

sweetpeame · 07/07/2015 22:11

I'd say Oc-tay-vee-a. It sounds incredibly pretentious IMO but that may not bother you!

BleachEverything · 07/07/2015 18:54

Octayvia is how I would say it. I love it.

CakeOClock123 · 07/07/2015 18:50

No it's a bloody car.

MamaLazarou · 07/07/2015 18:48

It's a lovely name, a bit ostentatious but you might not mind that. I would pronounce it Oc TAY veea.

reuset · 07/07/2015 16:13

Good name

Oc tay - vee a usual English pronunciation

Also Oct tar vee a

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slidley · 07/07/2015 12:28

No, not an eighth child! Not even close Grin

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