Given name & surname · also French

Banville

“settlement”

Banville is a surname from French, ultimately from Germanic.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Banville goes back to a word meaning “settlement.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Banville comes from French, and ultimately from Germanic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old French Baanvillam.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

If you love Banville, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Germanic

Baamonde

“fight”

No U.S. birth series

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Germanic

Baduwulf

“battle” · “wolf”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Balduíno

“bold friend”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Baltwini

“brave” · “friend”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Bardil

“beard”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Balduinus

Balduinus is a masculine given name from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Latin.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Baldoví

“bold friend”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic · Royal

Baturih

“battle” · “king, ruler”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Banville’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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