girl's name
Olympe
o-LAMP
- Origin French
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Top 1000 (France)
- Births on record 7,663
France
#137
2025 births
Olympe is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "of Olympus," and in France it belongs above all to the woman who wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman. It ranks 137th in France and is rising.
- Olympe is a name of French origin.
- Peaked in France in 2024, when 435 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 1,492 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1900.
Olympe over time
Births per decade in France, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 860 |
| 1910s | 570 |
| 1920s | 515 |
| 1930s | 250 |
| 1940s | 110 |
| 1950s | 60 |
| 1960s | 60 |
| 1970s | 55 |
| 1980s | 230 |
| 1990s | 315 |
| 2000s | 740 |
| 2010s | 1,605 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 2,290 |
What Olympe means
Olympe means of Mount Olympus, the home of the Greek gods. The mountain's own name is pre-Greek and its meaning is lost, so the name points at a place whose sense nobody can recover.
Where Olympe comes from
Olympe is the French form of the Greek Olympias, meaning of Olympus. The mountain in Thessaly gave its name to the gods who lived on it and to the games held elsewhere in their honor; the word itself is pre-Greek and unexplained. Olympias was the mother of Alexander the Great, a formidable political operator who was executed in the wars after his death. The name's French weight is more recent: Olympe de Gouges, born Marie Gouze, wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen in 1791 as a direct answer to the Declaration of the Rights of Man, and was guillotined in 1793 — one of the first women executed for a political text. She was formally proposed for the Panthéon in the 2010s, and the name has been rising in France since.
Olympe in use
Olympe ranks 137th in France with about 395 births in 2025 and is rising in our data, with its peak in our records in 2024. Our records carry it from 1900. It appears in no other market we hold at all, which puts it with Garance, Hortense, Ulysse, Lison and Octave among the names that have stayed entirely within France.
How popular is Olympe?
In 2025, Olympe was given to 395 babies in France, ranking #137 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Olympe is used
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Olympe
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Olympe also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Olympe over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Olympe in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Greek
- Olympia
Sibling names for Olympe
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Olympe — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Olympe
What does the name Olympe mean?
Olympe means "of Olympus." The mountain's own name is pre-Greek and its meaning is lost.
Who was Olympe de Gouges?
The author of the Declaration of the Rights of Woman in 1791, guillotined in 1793.
Is Olympe used outside France?
It appears in no other market in our data.
How do you pronounce Olympe?
o-LAMP, two syllables, with a nasal ending.
How popular is the name Olympe?
In 2025, Olympe was given to 395 babies in France, ranking #137 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Is Olympe a girl's or a boy's name?
Olympe is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Olympe most popular?
Olympe peaked in 2024, when 435 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Olympe a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Olympe currently ranks #137 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.