October

Where October comes from

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French octobre, from Latin Octōber (“eighth month”), from Latin octō (“eight”), from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw (“twice four”); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix; October was the eighth month in the Roman calendar.
— Wiktionary's entry for October
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1969
    First appearance
    #7,471 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2008
    Peak, #2,584
    72 babies named October — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the month name.
Namesakes

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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.