Wednesday, October 1, 2025

NAME OF THE DAY: October

๐ŸŽ‰Happy October! Today is the beginning of the month (my favorite month ๐ŸŽƒ) and therefore I will talk about the name ๐Ÿ“›October ๐Ÿงก

October: "is the tenth month by our Gregorian calendar and is from the Latin octo and Greek okto, meaning “eight.” October was the eighth month of the year rather than the tenth as it is today. The Roman calendar was only ten months long and included the following months: Martius, Aprilis, Maius, Junius, Quintilis, Sextilis, September, October, November, and December. As you can see, January and February hadn’t been added to the calendar yet! Like its neighboring months September, November, and December, the month of October kept its numerical name, even after Julius Caesar expanded the calendar year from 10 months to 12. The use of October increased after the Norman invasion of 1066, eventually replacing the Old English vernacular term Winterfylleรฐ (“Winter full moon”)," Dictionary.com explains

On October being used as a first name, Nameberry asks, "What is so rare as a month named June? October – and November and December – are a lot rarer. Brisk and substantial, they're so much more memorable and modern than April or May." 

October is not unanimously seen as a unisex name but both baby boys and girls use it. Although, My Name Stats claims according to SSA data, usually October is used as a girl's name 100% of the time. The most Octobers can be found fittingly in ๐Ÿ“Massachusetts, followed by Rhode Island. October also is a surname. ๐Ÿ“›

October is one of my favorite first names ๐Ÿ˜   as in ๐Ÿ†"Top 10 Favorite Names"๐Ÿ“›๐Ÿ“ƒI love it so much! ๐Ÿฅฐ It's a name I definitely wish ✨ I had if I could have been born with a name other than my own. ๐Ÿ˜ญ I actually knew an October in my college years and I was beyond in awe ๐Ÿ˜ฎ at her name, envious too. ๐Ÿ˜Š I remembering going up to her after or before class one day and inquiring about her unique name. ๐Ÿง When she said her grandmother was named October too I was really wowed! ๐Ÿคฏ

๐Ÿ“›October is an outstanding ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ really rare first name (I prefer it more so for a girl๐Ÿ’—). I doubt October will ever be a popular name month ๐Ÿ™ but that's part of the appeal — and that makes it even more mysterious and cool ๐Ÿ˜Ž (when given to a ๐Ÿ’™boy) to have as one's name. ๐Ÿ˜ 


FAMOUS ๐Ÿ“NOTEWORTHY ๐Ÿ“›OCTOBERS

๐Ÿ“›๐Ÿ’—October Gray  (daughter of Slipknot late band member Paul Gray)

๐Ÿ“›๐Ÿ’—October Eggers  (daughter of writer Dave Eggers)

๐Ÿ“›๐Ÿ’—October ๐ŸŽฎ (character in the game Cthulhu Saves the World)

๐Ÿ“›๐Ÿ’—October "Toby" Daye ๐Ÿ“™ (character in book series by Seanan Maguire) 

๐Ÿ“›๐Ÿ’—October Bantum ๐ŸŽฅ (character in horror movie Stay Alive)

๐Ÿ“›๐Ÿ’™"October London" aka Jared Erskine ๐ŸŽค (singer) 

๐Ÿ“›๐Ÿ’™"October Jones" aka Joe Butcher  ๐Ÿ—ฏ️๐Ÿ–Š(animator) 


๐Ÿ“ŒSTATS ON THE NAME ๐Ÿ“›October:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/O/OC/OCTOBER/index.html


๐Ÿ“›IRN RATING OF ๐Ÿ“›October: ๐Ÿ‘ OR ๐Ÿงก๐Ÿงก๐Ÿงก๐Ÿงก๐Ÿงก๐Ÿงก๐Ÿงก๐Ÿงก๐Ÿงก๐Ÿงก / 10 

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