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Orville

OR-vil

Rare & Uncommon ↑ Rising

✦ Meaning

“From Old French 'or' (gold) and 'ville' (settlement), meaning gold settlement. Associated with aviation pioneers and vintage American ingenuity.”

Popularity Over Time

Orville US popularity rank over timeRank 11192 in 2010 to rank 119 in 1913. Lower rank numbers are more popular.#119#5656#111921900192019401960198020002024

Orville is not currently in the US top 1000.

Origin

Old French

Syllables

2

Nicknames

Orv

Style

VintageClassicStrongTimeless

Famous Bearers

  • Orville Wright (aviator)
  • Orville Redenbacher (popcorn founder)

Collections

Beautiful But Not Top 100 → Old Money Names → Two Syllables → Vintage Revival →

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Cross-Cultural Notes

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People Also Ask

From Old French 'or' (gold) and 'ville' (settlement), meaning gold settlement. Associated with aviation pioneers and vintage American ingenuity.

Orville is not currently in the US top 1000, making it a genuinely rare choice. It's trending up as more parents discover it.

Popular nicknames for Orville include Orv.

Names that pair beautifully with Orville include Alistair, Thaddeus, Edmund, Roscoe, Cormac.