Proper noun
A female given name from Latin, in quiet use since the Middle Ages.
(astronomy) 598 Octavia, a minor planet orbiting around the Sun.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgOctavia Butler, of course, is brilliant and disturbing. Sarah Zettel
Then Octavia drops to her knees, rubs the hem of a skirt against her cheek, and burst into tears. "It's been so long," she gasps, "since I've seen anything pretty. Suzanne Collins
I think you'd be pretty in any color."-Posy to Octavia. Suzanne Collins
Now I want to work with Octavia Spencer, because I met her and she's really funny. Isabelle Fuhrman
I like to read Octavia E. Butler's 'Wild Seed' over and over again. And J. California Cooper's 'The Wake of the Wind.' That one makes me cry from joy. I'll mourn - I'll actually mourn - and then I'll cry from joy. She's wonderful. Jill Scott
As Katrina was happening, in the aftermath of Katrina, a lot of people were talking about Octavia Butler and how the Parable series made them think about that. Octavia Butler