Holding steady.
Popularity of Arville since 1907
Babies named Arville per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 1923, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Arville's real moment was 1907.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 10 |
| 1910s | 136 |
| 1920s | 214 |
| 1930s | 167 |
| 1940s | 112 |
| 1950s | 71 |
| 1960s | 37 |
| 1970s | 11 |
| 1980s | 0 |
| 1990s | 0 |
| 2000s | 0 |
| 2010s | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 |
Meaning & origin
Arville first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1907, which remains its peak year for usage. Since then, it has maintained a stable but extremely low profile, never ranking among the top 1000 names. Its rarity makes it a distinctive choice, though its exact etymology remains uncertain. It may be a respelling of the Swedish Arvid or an American adaptation of Orville. Without any recorded use in recent decades, it is a true vintage oddity.
Arville first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1907, the peak year for its use. It may be a respelling of the Swedish name Arvid, derived from Old Norse meaning 'eagle tree', or a variant of the French-derived Orville, meaning 'golden town'. As a modern coinage, it likely arose from combining the fashionable prefix Ar- with the popular suffix -ville, echoing place names. It has never been widely used, remaining a rare given name.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Ar, Arv
Variants: Arvill
Sibling names for Arville
Names that share Arville's style, for a brother or sister.
