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Olympic Baby Names

Take a peek at these Olympic baby names dating from the 1896 games until now. The Olympics spotlights global choices that might not otherwise attract our attention. Olympians are to thank for introducing names such as Bode, Usain, and Picabo into public consciousness.

Along with Bode, other Olympic baby names in the US Top 1000 include Anais, Bruno, Duke, Florence, Harry, Jules, Madden, and Thiago. Among the most distinctive Olympic names with strong ties to Olympians are Babe, Commodore, English, and Knute.

Names of Olympians range from trendy and well-used to never-before-seen picks, but we’ve chosen to feature some of more unique Olympian names here. These gold medal baby names show real promise:

Arisa Arisa a name of Japanese origins and it is t...
Origin:Japanese
7035
Eythora

Meaning: thunder

Origin:Icelandic
9370
Origin:English form of Carys or Charis
17829
Origin:Feminine form of Luca
17933
Marek

Meaning: warlike

Origin:Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovak variation of Mark, Latin
2128
Suela

Meaning: level, even

Origin:Albanian variation of Suheyla
2289
Origin:Afrikaans
17068
Caragh Caragh is a beautiful name, typically used f...
Origin:Irish
6077
Lilya The name Lilya is a variation of the name Li...
Origin:Russian
5533
Ellina Ellina is most commonly used as a girl’s nam...
Origin:Greek
11052
Xeno Xeno is a rare and attractive name and the m...
Origin:Greek
5025
Jona Jona is a common name of Hebrew origin, and ...
Origin:Hebrew
6367
Apolo Apolo is commonly a masculine name. This nam...
Origin:Greek
11573
Frazer Frazer is a neutral name. The meaning of Fra...
Origin:Scottish
5986
Joji Joji has Japanese origins and is a trendy an...
Origin:Japanese
4854
Guinn Guinn is usually a male-given baby name that...
Origin:Welsh
8501
Blanka Blanka is a name that comes from French orig...
Origin:French
9900
Resi Resi is a Greek name traditionally associate...
Origin:Greek
8715
Commodore Commodore is a name of English origin. The m...
Origin:English
9186
Maurizio The name Maurizio is of Italian origin. This...
Origin:Italian
10715