Given name & surname
Olympia
“from Mount Olympus; a goddess”
Olympia is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “from Mount Olympus; a goddess.”
Original Ancient GreekὈλυμπία
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “from Mount Olympus; a goddess.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Olympia developed from Ὀλυμπία.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1897. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Olympia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,644
- 0 boys · 3,644 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 104 babies
- 2025
- 84
- #2,210 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +15%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 84 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,210 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 15.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 104 in 1981. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (17). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,426 as a first name in 2020; 124 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Olympia’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Olympia developed from the Ancient Greek form Ὀλυμπία. In English usage, Olympia has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Olimpia. Olympia has a related form in Olimpia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Olympia has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Olympia comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Olimpiavariant · Italian, Polish
- Olympasvariant
- Olimpievariant
- Olimpivariant
- Olympeyvariant
- Olympyvariant
- Olympivariant
- Olympievariant
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Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Olympia
- Olympia DukakisAmerican actress (1931-2021)
- Olympia SnoweAmerican politician; U.S. Senator for Maineborn 1947
- Olympia Fulvia MorataItalian classical scholar1526–1555
- Olympia Mancini, Countess of SoissonsItalian noblewoman (1638-1708)
- Olympia BrownAmerican suffragist and Universalist minister (1835–1926)
- Olympias of Armeniaancient Roman noblewoman, queen of Armenia400–361
- Olympia AlderseyAustralian rowerborn 1992
- Olympia ZachariasNauruan runnerborn 1986
- Olympia Master
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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