Orville

Where Orville comes from

Invented by Fanny Burney for the hero of her novel Evelina. It has been suggested that it is based on the very old Welsh forename of Eurfyl, meaning 'gold'.
— Wiktionary's entry for Orville
  • Vowel-ended
Orville through the years
  1. 1856
    Orville Gibson born
    American luthier
  2. 1871
    Orville Wright born
    American aviation pioneer
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #236 among boys, with 49 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1913
    Peak, #119
    676 babies named Orville, its best rank.
  5. 1945
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #325.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name originating as a coinage.
Namesakes
  • Orville Wright · American aviation pioneer, 1871–1948
  • Orville Gibson · American luthier, 1856–1918
  • Orville Turnquest · Bahamian politician, born 1929
  • Orville Freeman · American politician, 1918–2003
  • Orville H. Platt · American politician, 1827–1905

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.