Thought this would be interesting! I think the Olympics are a treasure trove of names with people from all over! I’ll start!
Sanoa - Canadian surfer
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Great idea! I’ve seen so many names, but felt like it would be overwhelming to post in the regular Name Sightings thread haha.
Great [name_m]Britain[/name_m] Swimming 
[name_f]Freya[/name_f] [name_f]Constance[/name_f], 20 (fn & mn, both appeared in the screen when they showed her before her race)
Team USA Swimming
[name_f]Gretchen[/name_f] (!), 21 Her sister is [name_m]Alex[/name_m], short for [name_f]Alexandra[/name_f], and was also an Olympic swimmer before
[name_f]Torri[/name_f], 21
Team USA Men’s Gymnastics 
[name_m]Asher[/name_m], 20
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m], 20 (“Freddy”, at least according to his teammates)
[name_m]Stephen[/name_m], 25
[name_m]Paul[/name_m], 23
[name_m]Brody[/name_m], 24
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[name_f]Kerith[/name_f], female commentator for NBC
Japan Women’s Basketball 
[name_f]Saori[/name_f]
[name_f]Saki[/name_f]
[name_f]Evelyn[/name_f]
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Starting tomorrow, I’ll try to do a bigger list at the end instead of so many in a day haha!
[name_f]Ewa[/name_f] & [name_m]Jozef[/name_m], Paul’s parents who are Polish
[name_f]Serena[/name_f], Brody’s fiance side note: I thought they said she was his dad’s fiance at first, and I was highly concerned because she looked so young 
[name_f]Glad[/name_f] she’s the athlete’s fiance
Women’s Swimming
[name_f]Iona[/name_f], Australia 
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f], [name_f]Canada[/name_f] 
[name_f]Zora[/name_f], female NBC commentator for men’s gymnastics
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The most intriguing names from the list of Croatian athletes competing this year:
[name_m]Aurel[/name_m] (b)
[name_m]Jere[/name_m] (prn. yeh-reh)
[name_m]Konstantin[/name_m]
[name_m]Loren[/name_m] (b)
[name_m]Miran[/name_m]
[name_f]Palma[/name_f]
[name_m]Rino[/name_m]
Valent
[name_f]Veron[/name_f] (b)
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Spotted a Greek swimmer named Apostolos yesterday! How incredible is that?!
I don’t know how common Apostolos is in Greece, but maybe some berries from there can weigh in!
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[name_f]An[/name_f] Indonesian [name_m]Archer[/name_m] Diananda
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[name_m]Just[/name_m] thought I’d add here that many of the athletes have an audio of their name pronunciation on their official Olympics website pages! Going down the rabbit hole now…
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Cool! Is that on the IOC’s website or their individual country’s sites? I am so interested!
Women’s Gymnastics 
[name_f]Flavia[/name_f], Brasilian gymnast 
Evionn, sister of US gymnast [name_f]Suni[/name_f] [name_m]Lee[/name_m] 
Suni’s full name is [name_f]Sunisa[/name_f]
Swimming 
[name_f]Summer[/name_f] & [name_f]Autumn[/name_f], theme-named sisters of US swimmer [name_m]Robert[/name_m] “Bobby” Finke 
During his race, [name_f]Summer[/name_f] was taking the bar exam to become a lawyer and [name_f]Autumn[/name_f] was doing a live national interview. Both swam competitively growing up too.
Women’s 3x3 Basketball
Dearica, USA
[name_m]Rhyne[/name_m], USA
[name_f]Cierra[/name_f], USA
[name_f]Svenja[/name_f], [name_f]Germany[/name_f] 
[name_f]Elisa[/name_f], [name_f]Germany[/name_f]
[name_f]Sonja[/name_f], [name_f]Germany[/name_f]
Men’s 3x3 Basketball
Jimmer, USA
[name_m]Canyon[/name_m], USA
[name_m]Kareem[/name_m], USA
Dejan, Serbia 
[name_m]Marko[/name_m], Serbia
Mihailo, Serbia
Strahinja, Serbia
Men’s [name_m]Beach[/name_m] Volleyball 
[name_m]Miles[/name_m], USA
[name_m]Yorick[/name_m], Netherlands 
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I should have been more specific — it’s here! If you click on an athlete, it should have a little audio icon next to their name.
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Illiya- Ukrainian men’s gymnast in the artistic gymnastics all around final
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Canoeing : canoe slalom/kayak cross/canoe sprints
Women’s
Evy !! First us canoe slalom medal for any gender or event in 20 years
Eva Alina 
(Whose younger brother is apparently Ziga which is pretty cool)
Zuzana 
Miren 
Monica Doria 
Marjorie 
Corinna 
Linnea 
Kincso 
Maialen
Yarisleidis 
Liudmyla 
Noemie
Begona
Esti 
Hedda
Mens
Titouan
Grzegorz 
brothers Mathus
Catalin 
Ghailene 
Mathis 
Sideris
Hamish 
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Women’s Triathlon 
[name_f]Flora[/name_f], 
[name_f]Bermuda[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassandre[/name_f], France:medal_sports:
Men’s Gymnastics 
[name_f]Illia[/name_f], Ukraine
[name_m]Oleg[/name_m], Ukraine
[name_m]Diogo[/name_m], [name_m]Brasil[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m], [name_f]Canada[/name_f]
Women’s Swimming
[name_f]Mollie[/name_f], 
Great [name_m]Britain[/name_m]
[name_f]Shayna[/name_f] Australia, I actually knew a [name_f]Shayna[/name_f] growing up!
[name_f]Moesha[/name_f] Australia
Marrit Netherlands, pronouncedmarr-it
[name_f]Helena[/name_f] 
[name_m]Denmark[/name_m]
[name_f]Airi[/name_f] Japan
Satomi Japan
Yufei 
[name_f]China[/name_f]
Anastasiia France:2nd_place_medal:
[name_f]Siobhan[/name_f] [name_f]Bernadette[/name_f] 
[name_f]Hong[/name_f] Kong
[name_f]Simona[/name_f] 
[name_f]Italy[/name_f]
[name_f]Francesca[/name_f] [name_f]Italy[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatriz[/name_f] [name_m]Brasil[/name_m]
[name_f]Leonie[/name_f] [name_f]Germany[/name_f]
[name_f]Kotryna[/name_f] 
Lithuania
[name_f]Mona[/name_f] 
[name_f]Ireland[/name_f]
Men’s Swimming
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m] Spain
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US Women’s Football (soccer)
[name_f]Alyssa[/name_f]
[name_f]Crystal[/name_f]
[name_f]Lindsey[/name_f]
Tierna
[name_f]Emily[/name_f]
[name_m]Casey[/name_m]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Catarina[/name_f]
[name_f]Mallory[/name_f]
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f]
[name_f]Jenna[/name_f]
[name_m]Korbin[/name_m]
[name_m]Sam[/name_m]
[name_f]Trinity[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophia[/name_f]
[name_m]Jaedyn[/name_m]
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Women’s skateboarding!
Boipelo
Roos
Yasmin (tore her acl and won’t be competing, replaced by 15 yo Daniela who killed it and literally arrived 2 days ago)
Lucie
Rayssa “eye-eesa” “ray-sa”? The commentators have pronounced like 5 different ways but this is the most common checked the audio link (thanks @Audreymb ) it’s hi-eesa
Keet sounds exactly like Kate very cool name
Coco
Poe
Funa
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I only watched the first heat for the men’s skateboarding too
Men’s street skateboarding
Jhancarlos 
“Jhank”
[name_m]Kelvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Jagger[/name_m] whose brothers are apparently [name_m]Jett[/name_m] and Cosman
[name_m]Aurelian[/name_m]
Cordano
[name_m]Hampus[/name_m]
[name_m]Keefer[/name_m]
Riso kinda love this
Some more women’s too
[name_f]Emilie[/name_f]
[name_f]Aya[/name_f]
[name_f]Lola[/name_f]
[name_f]Nana[/name_f]
[name_f]Fay[/name_f]
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Women’s artistic gymnastics all-around
[name_f]Elsabeth[/name_f] black
[name_f]Manila[/name_f] Esposito
[name_f]Simone[/name_f] Biles (ofc)
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Men’s single scull semi-final A/B 1
Arakawa Ryuta
Giedrius Bieliauskas
Men’s single scull semi-final A/B 2
Stefanos Ntouskos 
Damir Martin 
Yauheni Zalaty (individual neutral athlete)
Sverri Nielsen
Mihai Chiruta 
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