Go for gold with these 60 Olympics-inspired baby names

Simone Biles, Clarisse Agbegnenou and Leon Marchand are just a few of the biggest Olympic names to watch out for this summer at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Whether you follow these athletes year round or tune in once every four years, you’ve seen how ridiculously talented, strong, passionate, and motivated Olympians have to be to excel in their sport, especially at this level.

With two full weeks of all-day, back-to-back coverage, it’s nearly impossible not to get these athletes’ names stuck in your head. So, why not put them to good use? Maybe, you too, want your child to grow up to be talented, strong, passionate, and motivated, just like an Olympian. Better yet, be the next Michael Phelps or Allyson Felix! If your eyes have been glued to the TV like ours, then you’ll enjoy this list of Olympic-inspired baby names that are definitely worthy of a gold medal.

Inspired by the stars of the summer and winter Olympics, here’s our roundup of baby names

Boy names inspired by Olympians 

1. Adam (Rippon)
2. Armand (Duplantis)
3. Apolo (Ohno) 
4. Ayumu (Hiran)
5. Caeleb (Dressel)
6. Carl (Lewis)
7. Chase (Budinger)
8. Donovan (Carrillo)
9. Eli (Derschwitz)
10. Eliud (Kipchoge)
11. Johnny (Weir) 
12. Leon (Marchand)
13. Mark (Spitz)
14. Matt (Biondi)
15. Mica (Christenson)
16. Michael (Phelps)
17. Mo (Farah)
18. Nathan (Chen)
19. Novak (Djokovic) 
20. Phil (Dalhausser)
21. Rai (Benjamin)
22. Ryan (Lochte) 
23. Shaun (White)
24. Steph (Curry)
25. Tate (Carew)
26. Taylor (Gold)
27. Tom (Daley)
28. Usain (Bolt)
29. Vincent (Zhou)
30. Yuzuru (Hanyu)

Girl names inspired by Olympians 

31. Allyson (Felix) 
32. April (Ross)
33. Annie (Drews)
34. Ariarne (Titmus) 
35. Carli (Lloyd) 
36. Chloe (Kim) 
37. Clarisse (Agbegnenou)
38. Dara (Torres)
39. Elena (Meyers Taylor)
40. Florence (Griffith Joyner)
41. Gabrielle (Thomas)
42. Jackie (Joyner-Kersee)
43. Janet (Evans)
44. Katie (Ledecky)
45. Kristi (Yamaguchi)
46. Lindsey (Vonn)
47. Lolo (Jones)
48. Maame (Biney)
49. McKayla (Maroney)
50. Michelle (Kwan) 
51. Mikaela (Shiffrin) 
52. Missy (Franklin) 
53. Misty (May-Trainer)
54. Nadia (Comăneci)
55. Napheesa (Collier)
56. Nastia (Lukin)
57. Natalie (Coughlin)
58. Rayssa (Leal)
59. Simone (Biles)
60. Vonetta (Flowers)

A version of this post was published February 11, 2022. It has been updated.