Olympia\Olympus

[floramckitchen]

My db and sil are expecting their first baby next may and are considering Olympia for a girl or Olympus for a boy.

In honour of the Olympics apparently.

I'm not keen but I suppose its different!

What do you all reckon?

Olympia - tube station
Olympus - a mountain

I think I wouldn't like to name a child with a word associated with a mountain.

A girl really could do better than 'Mount Olympia' being shouted after her in her teens at school....

Olympia - a pretty greek girls name.
Olympus - a well known brand of camera!

Are they serious? Both hideous names. Olympia only marginally better than Olympus. What would the nicknames be? Lympy? Pussy?

"in honour of the Olympics" sorry a bit sad...however I actually like the name Olympia for a girl (as long as you don't live in West London...) but think Olympus is bordering on ridiculous - sorry....

If we have a girl, I would love to use Olympia as a mn because it is a family name. I'm not confident to use it as a fn though, and don't really like Olympus for a boy, so would only use it if we have a girl. I must admit at first I didn't really like it when scouring OH's family for names, but it has grown on me. I do also think that the Olympics association is a nice one too and for us it would be two reasons to use the name.

At least it can be shortened to Ollie either way but I wouldn't want it as a name for me or my children but each to their own!!

No!! The Olympics will be done and dusted in 2 weeks (in London anyway) but that poor kid will have to live with that forever!!