as a First Name
Though in appearance a surname of Norman baronial origin, this name was in fact invented (with the intention of evoking such associations) by the novelist Fanny Burney for the hero, Lord Orville, of her novel Evelina (1778).
| 1,368th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 19,686
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 28,487
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Orville per capita
- 1913
- marked the height of its popularity
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