Baby name story: Alexis Olympia

Tennis player Serena Williams
Serena Williams

In September of 2017, tennis player Serena Williams — winner of 23 Grand Slam women’s singles titles and four Olympic gold medals — and her husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, welcomed a baby girl.

Her name?

Alexis Olympia Ohanian, Jr.

“Alexis” was passed down from her father, “Olympia” is a nod to her mother, and the initials “A.O.” are a reference to the 2017 Australian Open, which Serena won (by defeating her older sister, Venus, in the women’s singles final) when she was approximately 2 months pregnant.

The couple’s second child, another baby girl, was born in August of 2023 and named Adira River.

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Image: Adapted from Williams S. RG18 (17) by si.robi under CC BY-SA 2.0.

2 thoughts on “Baby name story: Alexis Olympia

  1. I think it’s a nice enough name, and at least Alexis gives some options to be called something different than whatever her father uses. However the “junior” part is just silly. She does not have an identical name to her father (or even the same initials) and therefore is not a Junior. It’s no better than Frank Jr, Jr

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