The Olympics have been on all day at my house. I just realized how it’s a great source of names, from countries all over the world. I love it! [name]Feel[/name] free to share names you’ve noticed on the Olympics in this thread.
I just saw [name]Ilaria[/name] from [name]Italy[/name] swim…I love that name.
Ha, I was noticing that last night when they all marched with their flags! I don’t remember most of the names, but I do remember hearing [name]Winston[/name] and [name]Valentina[/name], and loving those. 
I posted this in another thread too, but there’s a player on the U.S. women’s volleyball team named [name]Destinee[/name] [name]Hooker[/name]. The whole time I was watching the game, I kept thinking of the response someone would have received if they had posted on NB that they were naming their daughter [name]Destinee[/name] [name]Hooker[/name]. And yet, she managed to become a star volleyball player in the Olympics. Maybe names aren’t as important as we like to think on here.
Here’s a few I like:
There’s a Canadian marathoner named [name]Reid[/name]
A [name]German[/name] rower named [name]Carina[/name]
A Chinese walker named Zelin
A Palauan runner named [name]Rubie[/name]
A Swedish sailor named [name]Astrid[/name]
A Russian fencer named [name]Kamilla[/name]
A Japanese wrestler named Kaori (not sure of the pn on this but it’s pretty)
A Swedish footballer named [name]Sofia[/name]
A Japanese runner named Kana
A Japanese badmintoner named Reika
An Australian rider named Lyndal
An [name]Indian[/name] tennis player named [name]Leander[/name]
A Latvian long jumper named Ineta
An Estonia rower named [name]Kasper[/name]
And a Czech tennis player named [name]Klara[/name]
and I normally hate K names!
[name]Just[/name] saw a Oleksandr from Ukraine in swimming.
[name]Will[/name] update when I see more unusual ones.
~[name]Jasmine[/name]
I’ve been reading the results in the newspapers and I came across two Mongolian names: Jantsan (male) and Bishindee (female). I thought they were quite interesting.
[name]One[/name] name that I have seen that I thought deserved a mention to the berries was a Canadian Hammer Thrower called Sultana Frizell.
It seems that most of the names of Olympians are quite classic or were very popular at the time of the person’s birth -at least for the athletes from English speaking countries! Which is good -because the announcers are able to pronounce their names properly.
There are several Jennifers, Rebeccas, Allisons, [name]Laurens[/name]. etc.
Some unique names:
women
Kelci (US diver)
[name]Lolo[/name] (US hurdler) -her full name is [name]Lori[/name]
[name]Coralie[/name] (French swimmer)
[name]Zara[/name] (British equestrian -daughter of [name]Princess[/name] [name]Anne[/name])
[name]Dominique[/name] (Canadian gymnast)
[name]Ellie[/name] (Canadian gymnast)
[name]Camille[/name] (French swimmer)
Brainne (Canadian athletics)
boys:
[name]Hayden[/name] (Australian swimmer)
lol… I guess I need to watch more men’s sports!
[name]Just[/name] saw a New Zealand rower named [name]Storm[/name] Uru. Coolest name ever!
[name]Edit[/name]: This is a male name, since I didn’t make that clear.
I love the name [name]Storm[/name]!
I’ve been watching [name]Jordyn[/name] and [name]Gabby[/name] do gymnastics all night…not as exciting of names but amazing athletes!
The flag bearer for Djibouti was a woman named Zourah! I really like it!
[name]Georganne[/name] Moline running for the USA
Some interesting ones so far…
[name]Bronte[/name] (girl)- AUS swimmer
Breeja (girl)- USA swimmer
[name]Tobin[/name] (girl!)- USA soccer
I’m watching Rythmic Gymnastics & I thought I’d list some of their cool first names.
Evgeniya
[name]Daria[/name]
[name]Son[/name]
Liubou
[name]Aliya[/name]
[name]Joanna[/name]
[name]Alina[/name]
Silviya
[name]Neta[/name]
Ganna
I thought several were pretty. I love name watching in the Olympics.
I noticed that too! They all had cool names.
I especially adored [name]Daria[/name]!
And [name]Alina[/name] is very pretty too.
There is a Malaysian diver named pandelala (sp?) It was pronounced pand-el-ayla. I love the way it sounds!
I noticed her name, too! I looked it up and it is Pandelea. Such a differnent but pretty sound!
Rythmic Gymnastics is on again! I love seeing the gymnasts names.
[name]Russia[/name]:
[name]Anastasia[/name] (x2)
Uliana
[name]Ksenia[/name]
[name]Alina[/name]
[name]Karolina[/name]
[name]Italy[/name]:
[name]Elisa[/name] (x2)
[name]Romina[/name]
[name]Marta[/name]
Anzhelika
[name]Andreea[/name]
Belarus:
[name]Maryna[/name]
[name]Anastasiya[/name]
[name]Nataliya[/name]
Aliaksandra
Kseniya
[name]Alina[/name]
Bulgaria:
Reneta
Mihaela
Tsvetelina
[name]Elena[/name]
Hristiana
Spain:
[name]Sandra[/name]
[name]Elena[/name]
[name]Lourdes[/name]
[name]Alejandra[/name]
[name]Lidia[/name]
Reneta is the one that really caught my eye.
I know the Olympics are long over, but I just found this post. I figured I’d go ahead and contribute some names that I liked or thought were interesting from Team USA.
FEMALES:
[name]Margaux[/name] Isaksen (American modern pentathlete)
[name]Margot[/name] Shumway (American rower)
[name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Logan[/name] (American rower)
[name]Genevra[/name] [name]Stone[/name] (American rower)
[name]Gabrielle[/name] [name]Douglas[/name] (American gymnast)
[name]Adrienne[/name] Martelli (American rower)
[name]Elsie[/name] Windes (American water polo player)
[name]Annika[/name] Dries (American water polo player)
[name]Bianca[/name] [name]Knight[/name] (American track and field athlete)
[name]Sylvia[/name] Fowles (American basketball player)
[name]Lia[/name] [name]Neal[/name] (American swimmer)
Breeja [name]Larson[/name] (American swimmer)
[name]Ariana[/name] Kukors (American swimmer)
[name]Georgia[/name] Gould (American mountain biker)
Dagmara Wozniak (American fencer)
[name]Ariel[/name] Hsing (American table tennis player)
[name]Gwen[/name] Jorgensen (American triathlete)
[name]Elena[/name] Pirozhkova (American wrestler)
[name]Tatyana[/name] McFadden (American paralympian)
[name]Oksana[/name] Masters (American paralympian)
MALES:
[name]Silas[/name] [name]Stafford[/name] (American rower)
[name]Tyson[/name] [name]Chandler[/name] (American basketball player)
[name]Brady[/name] [name]Ellison[/name] (American archer)
[name]Cullen[/name] [name]Jones[/name] (American swimmer)
[name]Reese[/name] Hoffa (American shot putter)
[name]Cyrus[/name] Hostetler (American javelin thrower)
[name]Dominic[/name] Breazeale (American boxer)
[name]Soren[/name] [name]Thompson[/name] (American fencer)
[name]Ellis[/name] [name]Coleman[/name] (American wrestler)
[name]Josiah[/name] [name]Jamison[/name] (American paralympian)