Olympia
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"from Mount Olympus"Share
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Olympia Origin and Meaning
The name Olympia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "from Mount Olympus".
With its relation to Mount Olympus, home of the Greek gods, and to the Olympic games, this name has an athletic, goddess-like aura, making it the perfect Olivia substitute.
A well-known art reference is the famous 1865 painting of a reclining nude by Edouard Manet titled Olympia. Contemporary bearers include former Maine Republican Senator Olympia Snowe and actress Olympia Dukakis.
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Famous People Named Olympia
- OlympiasQueen consort of Philip II of Macedonia, mother of Alexander the Great
- Olympia Montana ValanceAustralian actress
- Olympia BrownAmerican suffragist and Universalist minister
- Olympia DukakisAmerican actress
- Olympia Jean SnoweU.S. Senator from Maine
- Olympia CampbellEnglish actress and model
- Olympia LeTan, American fashion designer
- MariaOlympia, Princess of Greece (b. 1996), daughter of Crown Prince Pavlos
- Charlotte Olympia DellalEnglish fashion designer
- Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. (b. 2017)Daughter of athlete Serena Williams & Alexis Ohanian
- Olympia Lightning Bolt (b. 2020)daughter of sprinter Usain Bolt and Kasi Bennett
Olympia in Pop Culture
- Olympia Biddefordmain character in "Fortune's Rocks" by Anita Shreve
- Olympia Binewskia main character in Katherine Dunn's "Geek Love"
- Olympia Squiressweetheart of the Uncommercial Traveller's childhood in "The Uncommercial Traveller" (1860,8) by Charles Dickens
- Olympia Peabodyfiance to Edward Brent,Foster and perpetual grand mistress of the Boston Society for the Abolition of Vice in "The Panel" (1912) by Ford Madox Ford
- The Olympiaa well,known music hall in Paris
- Olympiacapital city of Washington State, USA
- OlympiaGym Leader in video game Pokemon X and Y
- Olympia Wingfieldhybrid of a Nightmare and a vampire bat in "Monster High" show and series
- Olympia Timbersa character from the Nickelodeon cartoon "Welcome To The Wayne"
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