Orville

French

"gold town"

Orville Origin and Meaning

The name Orville is a boy's name of French origin meaning "gold town".

Only if you're an aviation buff or seriously addicted to popcorn.

Orville Rank in US Top 1000

# 979 in the US

Popularity of the name Orville

• 1956 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Orville

• Orville Wright American aviator; brother of Wilbur Wright
• Orville Clarence Redenbacher American popcorn magnate
• Orville James Moody American golfer
• Orville Lothrop Freeman American politician, governor of Minnesota
• Orville Hitchcock Platt U.S. Senator from Connecticut
• Orville Hickock Schell III American writer and Orientalist
• Orville Hickman Browning U.S. Senator from Illinois
• Orville Elias Babcock U.S. Civil War general
• Orville Hungerford U.S. Congressman from New York
• Orville Willis "Will" Forte American actor and comedian
• Orville Alton Turnquest Bahamian politician
• Orville Howard Phillips Canadian politician
• Orville Johnson American guitarist
• Orville Harrold American operatic tenor
• Orville Gibson American founder of Gibson Guitars
• Orville Lloyd Douglas Canadian poet and author

The name Orville in Pop Culture

• Orville albatross in Disney's "The Rescuers"
• Orville "Rick" Wright character on TV's Magnum, P.I.
• Orville the Duck green puppet operated by Keith Harris
• Orville dodo character in the game Animal Crossing: New Horizons, brother of Wilbur
• Orville a ghost in video game Luigi's Mansion
• Orville Simpson grandfather of Homer Simpson on TV's The Simpsons
• Orvie Stone main character in "Little Orvie," novel by Booth Tarkington