Orville is a boy's name of English origin meaning “gold.” In 2024 it was given to 12 boys in the United States.
Orville belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “gold” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Orville first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #120 in 1913, and in 2024 12 babies received the name — 35,051 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Orville means “gold” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Orville is a boy name. In 2024, 12 babies received the name in the US.
Orville comes from the English & American tradition.
Orville first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #120 in 1913, and 12 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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