Darville as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Darville

What is the meaning of the name Darville ?

The baby name Darville is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced DAR-vil (IPA: /ˈdɑr.vɪl/ or British /ˈdɑː.vɪl/).

Darville is English in Origin.

Darville is a transferred surname turned given name of French toponymic origin, deriving from d’Arville, “of Arville,” the name of several communes in France. The second element, -ville, is Old French “settlement, estate” (from Latin villa), while the first element likely reflects either a personal name (often Germanic Arn-, “eagle”) or Latin arvum, “arable field,” depending on the locality. The overall sense is “person from the Arville estate/town.” Variants and related forms include Darvill, Darvil, Darvell, Darvelle, Derville, D’Arville, and De Arville; Arville appears as a cognate place-derived form.

As a surname, Darville is recorded in English-speaking contexts from the early modern period, entering Britain through Norman influence and later Huguenot migration, with bearers also found in the Caribbean and North America. As a given name it remains rare but usable, leaning masculine while workable as unisex, fitting the contemporary surname-as-first-name style.

⚙ Darville is vanishingly rare. We count just 1 recorded use of it worldwide, from 1 country.