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Athletic Baby Names

If you're a sports fan, you may find baby name inspiration while watching a football game or a tennis match. While the legendary stars of sports history usually had regular guy names like Joe and Jimmy and Michael and Mickey (not to mention Billie Jean), some of the newer luminaries, as well as the surnames of classic athletes, offer options for baby names that go beyond the perimeters of that limited playing field. Names such as Beckham and Iker in particular have really taken off.

Along with Beckham and Iker, other athletic baby names in the US Top 500 include Brady, Colt, Gabriella, Jesse, Kyrie, Mia, Palmer, and Serena. Rare names with strong ties to illustrious athletes include Gehrig, Magic, Usain, and Wilt.

An athletic baby name may not imbue your child with sports skills, but it can give him or her a hero to look up to. If you love sports, consider using an athletic baby name as a first or middle name for your child. Browse our favorite options below.

Magic Magic is a gender-neutral name of modern Ame...
Origin:Word name
5545
Dempsey

Meaning: proud, haughty

Origin:Irish
3388
Carmelo

Meaning: garden

Origin:Spanish and Italian from Hebrew
1647
Marino

Meaning: of the sea

Origin:Latin
3294
Iker

Meaning: visitation

Origin:Basque
1035
Ashe Ashe is a masculine name with roots in Old E...
Origin:English surname; diminutive of Ashley, Ashton, etc
2143
Knute

Meaning: knot

Origin:Norse
4184
Ichiro

Meaning: firstborn son

Origin:Japanese
1622
Malone

Meaning: a devotee of Saint John

Origin:Irish
3885
Payton

Meaning: fighting man's estate

Origin:English variation of Patton or Peyton
3824
Cristiano The name Cristiano comes from the Latin name...
Origin:Italian and Portuguese variation of Christian
4080
Neville

Meaning: new town

Origin:French
1372
Kareem

Meaning: noble, generous

Origin:Arabic
2745
Deion Deion is a masculine name of American origin...
Origin:Modern invented name
8830
Takeo

Meaning: strong as bamboo

Origin:Japanese
2041
Clemente

Meaning: mild, merciful

Origin:Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
3858
Arroyo The baby name Arroyo is gender-neutral and c...
Origin:Spanish surname and nature name
6847
Rigby

Meaning: ridge farm

Origin:English
1483
Woods The meaning of Woods is ‘woods’, which is a ...
Origin:Nature name
2350
Becker

Meaning: baker

Origin:German
3627