Octave

Where Octave comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Octave.

  • Vowel-ended
Octave through the years
  1. 1848
    Octave Mirbeau born
    French writer, art critic and journalist
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #640 among boys, with 9 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1887
    Octave Lapize born
    French racing cyclist
  4. 1892
    Peak, #597
    12 babies named Octave, its best rank.
  5. 1893
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes
  • Octave Mirbeau · French writer, art critic and journalist, 1848–1917
  • Octave Lapize · French racing cyclist, 1887–1917
  • Octave Feuillet · French writer, 1821–1890
  • Octave Chanute · French-American aviation pioneer, 1832–1910
  • Octave Crémazie · Canadian poet, 1827–1879

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.