40+ Olympic-Inspired Baby Names for Your Future Champion
Olympic-inspired names are perfect for your little, future champion.
If your baby is due while the Summer Games are on, or you and your partner just adore everything Olympics, you have one special baby! To mark the occasion, why not give your little one an Olympic-related name that they can be proud of for the rest of their life?
Whether it be a name based on Gold medalist athletes from the US to names that have connections to the Olympic games to names literally meaning “champion,” we’ve gathered quite a list. We have quite a few beautiful names which may be perfect for your newborn.
Below, check out the best Olympic-inspired baby names.
Olympics Ceremony-Inspired
Boy Names
Girl Names
US Olympians
Boy Names
- Carl– Carl Lewis (9 Gold, 1 Silver)
- Edwin– Edwin Moses (2 Gold, 1 Bronze)
- Felix– Allyson Felix (7 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze)
- Jesse– Jesse Owens (4 Gold)
- Jim– Jim Thorpe (2 Gold)
- Michael– Michael Phelps (23 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze)
- Ryan- Ryan Lochte (6 Gold, 3 Silver, 3 Bronze)
- Shaun– Shaun White (3 Gold)
- Thorpe– Jim Thorpe (2 Gold)
Girl Names
- Allyson– Allyson Felix (7 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze)
- Florence– Florence Griffith-Joyner (3 Gold, 2 Silver)
- Jackie- Jackie Joyner-Kersee (3 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze)
- Kerri– Kerri Strug (1 Gold, 1 Bronze)
- Misty May- Misty May Treanor (3 Gold)
- Natalie– Natalie Coughlin (3 Gold, 4 Silver, 5 Bronze)
- Serena– Serena Williams (4 Gold)
- Simone– Simone Biles (4 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze)
- Shawn- Shawn Johnson (1 Gold, 3 Silver)
- Tara– Tara Lipinski (1 Gold)
- Wilma– Wilma Rudolph (3 Gold, 1 Bronze)
- Venus– Venus Williams (4 Gold, 1 Silver)
“Champion” & “Winner” Names
Boy Names
Girl Names
- Carlin- little champion. (Irish)
- Colletta- One who is victorious, winner and achiever. (French)
- Curren- little spear. Winner. (Irish)
- Nayla- A winner; One who goes ahead to get everything. (Tunisian)
- Rooney– descendent of the champion. (Gaelic)
Before you go, click here to see Team USA Olympians over the years.