Question 1

What does the name Orville mean and where does it come from?

Accepted Answer

Coined in the eighteenth century by novelist Frances Burney for the virtuous Lord Orville in her 1778 novel Evelina, combining the French elements for gold and city. American parents adopted it across the nineteenth century, long before the Wright brothers built gliders in North Carolina. It settled firmly into the rural and industrial Midwest by the turn of the twentieth century.

Question 2

Is Orville a boy or girl name?

Accepted Answer

Orville is primarily a boy name in U.S. records: about 0% of recorded births are female.

Question 3

What is the average age of someone named Orville?

Accepted Answer

The average Orville alive today is an estimated 69 years old. People named Orville were most often born around 1947.

Question 4

When was the name Orville most popular?

Accepted Answer

Orville peaked in 1920 with 1,203 recorded births in the United States.

Question 5

What vibe does the name Orville have?

Accepted Answer

In one report's words: aeronautical, workshop, whittled. Orville ranks #1365 among all U.S. first names since 1880.

Orville

Origin & Meaning

Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1880–2025

Orville grew up with

Generation Distribution — Living Orvilles

Data vs. Humans

What the data says

What people think

Fig. 2 — Style Coordinates

Public Opinion Ledger

First Impressions

Field Notes

Notable Orvilles

Adjacent Names

Ephemera — If Orville were a…