Given name
Orvil
“from the gold town”
Orvil is a variant of Orville. One French interpretation is “from the gold town.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Orvil is a variant of Orville. One French interpretation is “from the gold town.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Orvil is a variant of Orville. An origin associated with Orville is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1897. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Orvil is a variant of Orville. The history of Orville gives this family its wider story. Fanny Burney appears to have created Lord Orville for her novel Evelina in 1778. Orville seems designed to suggest a Norman surname, rather than to continue a securely identified older personal name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Orvil through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,935
- 1,935 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 86 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1991. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 86 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 516 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Orvil
- Orvil A. AndersonAmerican soldier and balloonist (1895-1965)
- Orvil DryfoosAmerican newspaper publisher (1912-1963)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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