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Paige Holland

Usain Bolt shares baby daughter's name and fans dub it the 'best name of 2020'

Usain Bolt has finally announced the name of his beautiful baby daughter months after she was born.

The Olympic athlete welcomed his little girl with long-term partner Kasi Bennett in May, but they decided to keep her name secret.

The couple had also refrained from sharing any pictures of her with fans -  until now.

Usain gave fans their first glimpse of their daughter on Kasi's birthday in an Instagram post dedicated to her.

The 33-year-old shared a series of stunning pictures of Kasi wearing a cream floor length dress as she cradled their baby in her arms.

But other than wishing her a happy birthday, he also revealed the baby's name as Olympia Lightning Bolt.

Olympia Lightning Bolt (@usainbolt/Twitter)

In the caption he wrote: "I want to wish my gf @kasi.b a happy birthday and To let u know I am happy I get to spend ur special day with u.

"I want nothing but happiness for u and will continue to doing my best keeping a smile on ur face.

"Now we have started a new chapter together with our daughter Olympia Lightning Bolt I look forward to what the future will bring for us but be reassured that I will be the ROCK for this family. I Love you and happy 21th birthday."

Overall the response from fans has been overwhelming positive, with the couple receiving endless praise for their choice of name.

One person said: "Best name of 2020 by far."

Another added: "Better than Elon musk baby named X Æ A-Xii."

A third shared the following: "Olympia, daughter of one Usain St. Leo Bolt.. known affectionately among fans’ subconscious as Zeus, god of lightning. The definition of an #aptronym."

Whilst others said: "The name of a legend! She’s beautiful" and "Name wasn't a disappointment at all, love the name."

Since setting a world record of 9.58 seconds in the 100-metre event at the 2009 Berlin World Championships, Usain has been named the fastest man in history and has coined the nickname "Lightening bolt."

And according to NameBerry, Olympia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "from Mount Olympus" - and since Mount Olympus is the home of the Greek God and the Olympics, their daughter' name couldn't be more apt.

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