In Peru, there is a \u2060wave of new baby Haalands. \u200cIn Argentina, Lionel has raced up the rankings, and in Mexico a girl was reportedly named after three soccer players. Parents in Latin America are already christening a new generation of babies after the stars of the World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hundreds \u200bof newborns in Peru have been named for rising stars such as Norway\u2019s Erling Haaland, while names inspired by legacy icons like Lionel Messi, Brazil\u2019s Neymar and Portugal\u2019s Cristiano Ronaldo each count around 30,000 registrations, \u2060Ivan Torres, a spokesperson for Peru\u2019s civil registry RENIEC told Panamericana TV last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHaaland is now Peruvian too,\u201d Torres said, noting one newborn was simply named \u201cMundial\u201d after the Spanish shorthand for the World Cup. Peru did not \u2060qualify for the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many Latin Americans with teams not competing or knocked out have been unwilling to support Argentina \u2014 broadly seen as too Eurocentric \u2014 and thrown their support behind the Norwegian team, whose \u201cViking row\u201d and Haaland-driven run to the quarter-finals for the first time won them legions of new fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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