Octavia?

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Interested to hear what people think of the name Octavia for a girl please?
Baby is due in August and we also got married in August so the eighth has significance for us, I'm really warming towards it.
I know it is a Skoda 😂 but that doesn't bother me too much!

I'm not a fan. It's very harsh in the way Victoria is harsh - it's quite jerky. Also there are just much, much nicer names with more flow and better short forms in that 'style' bracket I think - I reckon that's why it's not more popular. I bet loads of people have Octavia on their lists... but few actually like it the best and use it, I think.

It's a lovely name. I used to have a much loved porcelain doll named Octavia as a child. I also know a brilliant 9 year old Octavia, she is very bright, a little bit quirky but such an interesting a lovely child

Yes, lovely.

Wonderful name, I'd have liked it for DD2 but DH used his veto sadly.

I liked it for DD but I called her a name that was less unusual then lots of people chose that too so it became quite common unfortunately. I liked Lydia too and DD has a friend called Lydia now.

I love it! It’s on my list. I knew an Octavia growing up and her nn was Occy