Octavian

男性名字，源自拉丁语，来自 Octavius，意为“第八”，源自 octavus，意为“第八”，源自 octo（参见 eight）。

But although we find so marked differences in the use of the numerals as names, it is impossible to believe that this use did not arise in the same way for all; that is, that they were at first used to distinguish children by the order of birth. But when we find them as praenomina in historical times it is evident that they no longer referred to order of birth. [George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina," in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, 1897]

但是，尽管我们发现在使用数字作为名称方面存在明显的差异，但不可能不相信这种用法不是以相同的方式出现的; 也就是说，它们最初是用来通过出生顺序区分儿童的。但是，当我们在历史时期发现它们作为 praenomina 时，很明显它们不再指代出生顺序。[乔治·戴维斯·蔡斯，《哈佛古典哲学研究》（1897）]