On your marks, get set, GO: Baby names inspired by the Olympics
2024 is the year our incredible athletes take on the world in Paris. If you’re feeling inspired by their strength, determination and talent, you might like to look at an Olympic-inspired baby name for your little one.
Discover a collection of baby names inspired by the Olympic Games and the Australian athletes who have captured the nations hearts with their gutsy performances on the world stage.
The 2024 Paris Olympics take place from Friday, 26 July 2024 until Sunday, 11 Aug 2024.
The Aussie team making the trip for Olympic Gold is 333 strong competing in 28 different sports. Of those 333, 188 are female while 145 are men, and 167 are first time Olympians making their debut on the world stage!
We then get to show our support again when our incredible Paralympians shine at the The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games from Wednesday, 28 Aug 2024 until Sunday, 8 Sept 2024 where they’ll get their chance to win gold at 22 sports.
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The story of the Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics are held every four years – just like leap years. Since 1994, they have alternated between the Summer and Winter Olympics every two years during the four-year Olympiad.
The modern Olympic Games that we know today were inspired by the ancient Olympic Games, held in Olympia, Greece from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) was founded in 1894, leading to the first modern Games in Athens in 1896.
Edwin Flack, an accountant and Australasian champion runner, is considered Australia’s first Olympian after he travelled by sea to make the Athen games where he dominated. He won the 800-metre and 1500-metre sprints, took part in the marathon and won a bronze medal in doubles tennis and became an Aussie hero!
Olympic Games-Inspired Baby Names
Find unique baby names inspired by the Olympic Games. Ideal for parents and sports fans looking to celebrate strength and perseverance in their child’s name.
According to Greek mythology, many Greek gods and heroes competed in the first games at Olympia where Apollo outran Hermes and beat Ares at boxing!
Ariarne Titmus emerged as one of the real stars of the Tokyo Olympics when she captured the 200m freestyle and 400m freestyle golds!
Roman Emperor, Augustus is considered a crucial factor in setting off the second bloom of Greek athletics.
Betty Cuthbert will forever be known as the Golden Girl of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, where she won three sprinting gold medals.
Australian sweetheart, Bronte Campbell brought home two gold and a bronze for Australia in her career as swimmer.
Catherine (Cathy) Freeman’s role in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games embedded her name forever in Olympic history.
Clover Maitland won successive gold medals as goalkeeper with the Hockeyroos in 1996 and 2000.
Kevin Richard Coombs OAM PLY was a legendary Australian wheelchair basketballer and athlete who competed at 5 Paralympics including the first Paralympic Games in 1960.
Dawn Fraser won four gold and four silver Olympic medals and hols 39 world records (27 of them individual) and is the first in her sport of either sex to win the same event at three consecutive Olympics.
Dinko “Dean” Lukin became the only weightlifting gold medallist in Australian Olympic history when he won the super-heavyweight division at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
Rower Drew Ginn was part of the ‘Oarsome Foursome’ and winner of three Olympic gold medals and one silver in the early ’90s.
Dylan Alcott is well known for being among a unique group of athletes who have won Paralympic gold at two different Games in different sports.
Edwin Flack was a trailblazer – the first Australian to compete at the Olympic Games, and first to win in 1896 when he travelled solo across Europe by boat and train to participate.
Andrew Gaze, one of the greatest basketball players Australia has produced, competed in five Olympic Games!
Swimmer Ian Thorpe won five Olympic gold medals, the greatest total of any Australian.
Jana Pittman made history in 2014 when she became the first Australian woman to compete in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
Leisel Jones won the heart of the nation when she won the 100 metres breaststroke at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games by more than a body length.
Aussie heros, the Matildas soccer team will send an 18-strong team to compete at Paris 2024.
Roman emperor Nero famously added events for singing, poetry, and dramatic performances to the Olympics in 67 CE so that he could personally take the stage.
The first ancient Olympic Games can be traced back to Olympia in 776 BC.
The 2024 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad is taking place in Paris, France.
Murray Rose emerged from the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne as a national hero winning three of his four career Olympic gold medals.
Australia came alive when Sydney was selected as the host city for the 2000 Games in 1993.
Tracey Freeman was one of Australia’s most dominant Para-athletics competitors. At just two Paralympic appearances in 1972 and 1976, Freeman won six gold and four silver medals, and broke six world records
