Submitted NameRevisions Save Gender Masculine Usage Dutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare) Pronounced Pron. awk-TAH:F [key] Other Forms FormsOktaaf Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 7/25/2007 by Lucille Edited 4/6/2014 by Lucille Meaning & History Dutch form of OCTAVIUS. A known bearer of this name was the Belgian composer Octaaf de Hovre (1876-1951).