Entry № 7786 · Greek origin

Olympia Olympia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ oh-LIM-pee-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"From Mount Olympus"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "from mount olympus".

Olympia comes from the Greek Olympia — derived from Mount Olympus, the home of the gods. The ancient Olympic Games were held at Olympia in honor of Zeus.

Olympia is rising in the U.S. — Serena Williams's daughter (born 2017) is named Alexis Olympia. The actress Olympia Dukakis (1931-2021) was a famous American bearer.

From Mount Olympus — a Greek name.

The name in its native script.

Ὀλυμπία
Transliteration
Olympía
Pronunciation
/ oʊˈlɪm.pi.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Olympia stands.

Olympia does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Olympias before her.

Real people
Olympia Dukakis
American actress, Oscar winner for Moonstruck.
1931 – 2021
Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr.
Daughter of Serena Williams.
born 2017
In fiction

Names connected to Olympia.

The number behind Olympia.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Olympia reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.