Oroville: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Oroville – Meaning: gold city – Origin: Spanish and French – Gender: Unisex – Pronunciation: OR-uh-vil


Oroville is a Spanish and French unisex name meaning “gold city”. It appears in our list of 175+ State-Inspired Baby Names as American as They Come.

Meaning & Origin of Oroville

Meaning: Gold city.

Origin: Spanish and French.

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Oroville

Phonetic: OR-uh-vil   IPA: /ˈɔːrəvɪl/

Popularity of Oroville

Oroville doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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