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Orville

Orville: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“gold town”
Origin
French
Say it
OR-vil · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

From a French surname and place name, from elements including ville 'town'; the first element is usually taken from or 'gold'. It was adopted into English as a given name.

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How popular is Orville?

20243.6 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Orville in 202412

Peak year1913

Total US babies since 188035,206

Orville is steady now but far below its 1913 peak.

Names like Orville

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Orville questions

What does the name Orville mean?

Orville means "gold town". It comes from French. From a French surname and place name, from elements including ville 'town'; the first element is usually taken from or 'gold'. It was adopted into English as a given name.

Is Orville a boy or girl name?

Orville is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Orville?

12 US babies were named Orville in 2024. Its peak year was 1913.

How do you pronounce Orville?

Orville is usually pronounced OR-vil.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.