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A male given name originating as a coinage. quotations examples
I saw that the rank of Lord Orville was his least recommendation, his understanding and his manners being far more distinguished.
1778, Fanny Burney, Evelina, Derby & Jackson, published 1857, page 38
Orville Wright was born in 1871. Milton and Susan selected the names of their offspring with great care and considered middle names unnecessary.
1998, Fred Howard, Wilbur and Orville: A Biography of the Wright Brothers, Courier Dover, page 4