Octavia is a cool name. I personally prefer the Italian variant, Ottavia, but it would likely get confused with Octavia on a constant basis anyway
I have actually seen this name in real life a few times, and mainly on older teenagers / twenty-somethings (so, primarily Gen Z). Perhaps I should also add that all of these bearers were Black / African-American; and given the ages I doubt Octavia Spencer had a huge influence on popularity then (she wasn't hugely famous until
The Help). So in the United Stated - my region, at least - Octavia seems to be used by Black families semi-regularly.
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