Olympia

Greek

"from Mount Olympus"

Olympia Origin and Meaning

The name Olympia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "from Mount Olympus".

With its relation to Mount Olympus, home of the Greek gods, and to the Olympic games, this name has an athletic, goddess-like aura, making it the perfect Olivia substitute.

A well-known art reference is the famous 1865 painting of a reclining nude by Edouard Manet titled Olympia. Contemporary bearers include former Maine Republican Senator Olympia Snowe and actress Olympia Dukakis.

Olympia Rank in US Top 1000

# 985 in the US

Olympia Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 628 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Olympia

• 628 Nameberry 2025
• 999 England 2023

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Famous People Named Olympia

• Olympias Queen consort of Philip II of Macedonia, mother of Alexander the Great
• Olympia Montana Valance Australian actress
• Olympia Brown American suffragist and Universalist minister
• Olympia Dukakis American actress
• Olympia Jean Snowe U.S. Senator from Maine
• Olympia Campbell English actress and model
• Olympia Le Tan, American fashion designer
• Maria Olympia, Princess of Greece (b. 1996), daughter of Crown Prince Pavlos
• Charlotte Olympia Dellal English fashion designer
• Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. (b. 2017) Daughter of athlete Serena Williams & Alexis Ohanian
• Olympia Lightning Bolt (b. 2020) daughter of sprinter Usain Bolt and Kasi Bennett

The name Olympia in Pop Culture

• Olympia Biddeford main character in "Fortune's Rocks" by Anita Shreve
• Olympia Binewski a main character in Katherine Dunn's "Geek Love"
• Olympia Squires sweetheart of the Uncommercial Traveller's childhood in "The Uncommercial Traveller" (1860,8) by Charles Dickens
• Olympia Peabody fiance to Edward Brent,Foster and perpetual grand mistress of the Boston Society for the Abolition of Vice in "The Panel" (1912) by Ford Madox Ford
• The Olympia a well,known music hall in Paris
• Olympia capital city of Washington State, USA
• Olympia Gym Leader in video game Pokemon X and Y
• Olympia Wingfield hybrid of a Nightmare and a vampire bat in "Monster High" show and series
• Olympia Timbers a character from the Nickelodeon cartoon "Welcome To The Wayne"

International Variations of the name Olympia

• Olimpia Spanish
• Olympiad French
• Olympe French
• Olympienne French
• Olympie German