If you have a passion for the Olympics, baby names of Olympic proportion might appeal to you. Bestow your child with a name inspired by a United States Olympic Hall of Fame athelete and honor one of the treasured sports figures. These Olympians have roused the world to their feet and may just bear a name that warms your heart.
Boy Baby Names and Winter Olympics Athletes
Though the Winter Olympics currently features 15 different sports, only 5 of those sports have athletes inducted into the Hall of Fame. All of these gentlemen have had fascinating lives and become sports legends.
- Brian Anthony Boitano (Figure Skating)
- Carlo Fassi (Figure Skating Coach)
- Daniel Erwin "Dan" Jansen (Speed Skating)
- Richard Totten "Dick" Button (Figure Skating)
- Edward "Eddie" Patrick Francis Eagan (Bobsledding/Boxing)
- Eric Arthur Heiden (Speed Skating)
- Herbert Paul "Herb" Brooks, Jr. (Ice Hockey Coach)
- John Amos "Jack" Shea (Speed Skating)
- Philip Mahre (Alpine Skiing)
- Scott Scovell Hamilton (Figure Skating)
Girl Baby Names and Winter Olympics Athletes
The girl baby names on this list of female Hall of Famers range may bring to mind both strong and graceful women. Moreover, many of those ladies were a bit of both. Their contribution to winter sports made a significant impact on our culture.
- Andrea Mead-Lawrence (Alpine Skiing)
- Bonnie Kathleen Blair (Speed Skating)
- Dorothy Stuart Hamill (Figure Skating)
- Kristine Tsuya "Kristi" Yamaguchi (Figure Skating)
- Peggy Gail Fleming (Figure Skating)
- Picabo Street (Alpine Skiing)
- Sarah Will (Paralympian: Disabled Skiing)
- Tenley Emma Albright (Figure Skating)
Boy Baby Names and Summer Olympics Athletes
The list of male Summer Olympians inducted into the Olympic Hall of Fame is a long one, and as you glance down through this list you are sure to find a few names that you will remember. Fierce competitors, honorable sportsment, their names may fit your son well.
- Abie Grossfeld (Gymnastics Coach)
- Alfred Adolf "Al" Oerter (Track & Field)
- Alvin Christian Kraenzlein (Track & Field)
- Ambrose "Rowdy" Gaines (Swimming)
- Bart Wayne Conner (Gymnastics)
- Bobby Joe Morrow (Track & Field)
- Bruce Robert Baumgartner (Wrestling)
- Cassius Marcellus Clay (Boxing)
- Charles: Charles Frederick "Karch" Kiraly (Volleyball), Charles Meldrum Daniels (Swimming), Charles William "Charley" Paddock (Track & Field)
- Dan Gable (Wrestling)
- David Maurice Robinson (Basketball)
- Donald Arthur "Don" Schollander (Swimming)
- Duke Kahanamoku (Swimming)
- Edwin Corley Moses (Track & Field)
- Floyd Patterson (Boxing)
- Frank: Frank Clifford Wykoff (Track & Field), Frank Shorter (Track & Field)
- Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis (Track & Field)
- George Edward Foreman (Boxing)
- Glenn Ashby Davis (Track & Field)
- Gregory Efthimios "Greg" Louganis (Diving)
- Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe (Track & Field)
- James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (Track & Field)
- Johann Peter "Johnny" Weissmuller (Swimming)
- John: John Brendan Kelly, Sr. (Rowing), John Henry Davis (Weight Lifting), John Michael Plumb (Equestrian), John Morgan (Paralympian: Swimming), John Phillips Naber (Swimming)
- Joseph "Smokin' Joe" Frazier (Boxing)
- Lee: Lee Edward Evans (Track & Field), Lee Quincy Calhoun (Track & Field)
- Lones Wesley Wigger (Shooting)
- Malvin Greston "Mal" Whitfield (Track & Field)
- Mark Andrew Spitz (Swimming)
- Matthew Nicholas "Matt" Biondi (Swimming)
- Melvin Whinfield "Mel" Sheppard (Track & Field)
- Michael Duane Johnson (Track & Field)
- Milton Gray "Milt" Campbell (Track & Field)
- Oscar de La Hoya (Boxing)
- Peter Glen Vidmar (Gymnastics)
- Rafer Lewis Johnson (Track & Field)
- Randy Snow (Paralympian: Basketball, Tennis, Track & Field)
- Ralph Harold Boston (Track & Field)
- Ray Charles "Sugar Ray" Leonard (Boxing)
- Raymond Clarence "Ray" Ewry (Track & Field)
- Richard Douglas "Dick" Fosbury, (Track & Field)
- Robert: Robert "Bob" Beamon (Track & Field), Robert Bruce "Bob" Mathias (Track & Field), Robert Eugene "Bob" Richards (Track & Field),Robert Lee "Bob" Hayes (Track & Field)
- Samuel "Sammy" Lee (Diving)
- Tamio "Tommy" Kono (Weight Lifting)
- William: William Anthony "Bill" Toomey (Track & Field), William Bruce Jenner (Track & Field), William D. "Willie" Davenport (Track & Field), William Harrison Dillard (Track & Field), William Mervin "Billy" Mills (Track & Field), William Patrick "Parry" O'Brien (Track & Field)
Girl Baby Names and Summer Olympic Athletes
Mary Lou, Flo-Jo, Babe, these women are timeless and unforgetable. A little girl namesake might just share their energetic spirit and passion for sports.
- Alice Mary Coachman (Track & Field)
- Amy Van Dyken (Swimming)
- Mildred Ella ("Babe") Didrikson (Track & Field)
- Connie Carpenter-Phinney (Cycling)
- Deborah Elizabeth "Debbie" Meyer (Swimming)
- Donna Elizabeth de Varona (Swimming)
- Evelyn Ashford (Track & Field)
- Florence Griffith-Joyner (Track & Field)
- Helene Madison (Swimming)
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- Janet Elizabeth Evans (Swimming)
- Joan Benoit (Track & Field)
- Maxine Joyce "Micki" King (Diving)
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- Shannon Lee Miller (Gymnastics)
- Shirley Frances Babashoff (Swimming)
- Teresa Edwards (Basketball)
- Tracy Anne Caulkins (Swimming)
- Willye Brown White (Track & Field)
- Wilma Glodean Rudolph (Track & Field)
- Wyomia Tyus (Track & Field)
See also: How to Choose Names for Siblings
