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.

# 979 in the US

Orville Rank in US Top 1000

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

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