Holding steady.
Popularity of Norville since 1913
Babies named Norville per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 1925, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Norville's real moment was 1913.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 66 |
| 1920s | 100 |
| 1930s | 75 |
| 1940s | 43 |
| 1950s | 35 |
| 1960s | 0 |
| 1970s | 5 |
| 1980s | 0 |
| 1990s | 0 |
| 2000s | 0 |
| 2010s | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 |
Meaning & origin
Norville is a surname-derived given name with clear Old English roots: 'norð' (north) and 'tūn' (settlement). It first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913, its peak year, with only a handful of recorded births since. The name has remained extremely rare, never ranking in the top 1000, and its trajectory is stable, not showing any revival trend. Most Norvilles were born in the 1910s, and the name has never associated strongly with any particular state. Norville shares the 'ville' suffix with other British place-name surnames like Orville and Danville, but it never achieved even modest popularity.
Norville derives from a locational surname of Old English origin, combining 'norð' (north) and 'tūn' (enclosure, settlement), thus 'north farm or village'. It is rare as a given name, with its first recorded use in the United States in 1913, and has never achieved widespread popularity.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Norrie, Ville
Sibling names for Norville
Names that share Norville's style, for a brother or sister.
