Girl · Greek
Olympia
Say it: oh-LIM-pee-uh
Meaning
From Greek Olympia, 'of Olympus', the mountain home of the gods.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Olympias was a Macedonian royal name; Olimpia was common in Renaissance Italy.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1910s
In the United States
- 3,266 babies given this name since 1897
- At its height in 1917, about 1 in 16,600 girls
- 67 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Olympias
| Greek | Olympia |
|---|---|
| Italian | Olimpia |
| Spanish | Olimpia |
| French | Olympe |
Famous bearers
- Olympias, mother of Alexander the Great
- Olympia Dukakis, American actress
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Where this comes from
- Ancient Greek literature and history (Homer, Herodotus, Plutarch and others)
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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