Norville

Boys' name

Norman with the suffix -ville

Norville has been given to 324 babies in the U.S. since 1913. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1925, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Norville, 1970

1 in 721,000

Norville over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Norville: meaning, origin, and history

Norman with the suffix -ville

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Norville means

Norville is formed from Norman with the suffix -ville.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

English and Scottish surname of Norman origin meaning "northern town," shortened from Normanville, equivalent to Norman + -ville.

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Origin, language, and formation

Norville is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Norman and Normanville.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Norville is pronounced [ˈnɔːɹ̩vəɫ].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 324 boys were recorded with the name Norville between 1913 and 1970. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1925; its best national rank was #2,047 in 1913.

How common is Norville?

Norville had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1970, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1970: 1 in 721,000; 5 of 3,606,302 births
Among boys only: 1 in 372,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1970: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 499,941 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Norville sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1970 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 499,941 children born in 1970 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Norville. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Norvilles were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Norville was born before 1929 — so the typical Norville is around 96 today.

Median birth year: 1929; About 96 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 30.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 17.3%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 40; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 30.9% of all recorded uses (100).

Is Norville rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1925 (14)
Years since peak: 100; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 20.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,047; 1913

Spellings of Norville

Norville is not the most common spelling — Orville is, with 88.4% against Norville's 0.82%.

Orville88.4%35,065
Neville5.9%2,343
Norvell2.9%1,158
Arville1.9%758
Norville0.82%324

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Norville is used

Across 1910–2025, Norville was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 630,130 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Alabama1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Norville has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Norville by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,047; 1913
Peak year: 1925; 14 that year
First recorded: 1913
Last recorded: 1970
All-time count: 324
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Norville

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Norvelle Darnelle Chevelle Markelle Noriel Marcelle Norrin Achille North Norlan Norvin Travelle Norfleet Rochelle Norberto Linville Latrelle Darrelle Donnelle Emmanuelle Gabrielle Jamelle Tyrelle Trevelle

Sibling names for Norville

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Concepcion Easter Gene Rosina Kattie Lavon Blanch Jaunita

For a brother

Domenick Hosea Rollin Alvis Jewel Eldridge Lenard Merritt

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