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To my not-American ear, it sounds very southern and cowboy-like. I don't like the sound. The only Orville I've heard of is Orville Peck.

Just that is sounds very close to Awful. Awful Orville ... I'd avoid it!

It seems goofy. It's hard not to think of popcorn, and ORV sounds like a seal bark or something.

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The *ville part is in-your-face geographical and makes me think vaudeville era.

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I think Ori's usable. That's the only thing Orville has going for it imo.

My association is Orville the Duck and I think the bird in Disney's The Rescuers was called Orville too. It's a very bird-y name to me lol

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I'd say no, it's not usable, but perhaps as a middle name if you really want to give it use?

To me, no, it’s not usable at all.
Then again, we love popcorn. We eat it several times a week... so when I hear Orville, first I think of popcorn... then I think “ugh? What an ugly old Man name”... like, he belongs in a nursing home with Harold and Walter and Agnes and Martha.

No, I just think of the brand of popcorn or a man of wealth who lived 100+ years ago. It has a very 19th century feel to it. I don't think the name is very usable today. Not because of its associations (even the ones I'm not aware of) but of the name itself. It may have been perfectly fine to use back in the day but now it Just seems pretenious and geeky.

I keep thinking there was a Muppet bird or cartoon bird of some type called Orville, but I can't place it.
It's usable but I'm not sure why anybody'd want to. It has a weird sound to it. Like a weirdly accented "awful" maybe, or like a medicine. Like Advil but maybe for toothache? Or like a place name.