A baby born on the same day as the Asian Games opened in Indonesia and in a city co-hosting it has been named "Asian Games," local media reported Monday.

"I will let her choose any sports she likes to play, so may become a great athlete someday," the baby's father Yordania Denny, 38, said in Palembang, a city on Sumatra island, according to Kompas newspaper.

The girl, whose full name is Abidah Asian Games, was born just hours before the huge event's opening ceremony took place Saturday at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta.

Denny said the timing came as a surprise as the midwife had predicted his wife Vera Nova, 38, would give birth to the couple's fourth child in September.

The two-week-long event is attracting more than 10,000 athletes from 45 countries and territories who will compete in 40 sports ranging from mainstream to esoteric.