Name meaning & stats
Orville
Orville means “gold”. 8,767 US babies since 1940, peak 1943.
What it means
“gold”
Well documented
A modern coinage.
In US birth records
Peak year: 1943
8,767 US babies were named Orville between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Orville (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 78% of the family
- Orville 78%
- Orval 15%
- Orvil 4%
- Orvel 2%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1943)