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In Argentina, the rate of naming Messi's name has increased by 700 percent

From December 18, the story of football is being written anew. Lionel Messi cleared the doubts about his superiority by lifting the World Cup trophy that day. Argentina's streak of winning the World Cup by defeating France is not over yet.

Messi's name is in trouble. Photo: AFP

The festive atmosphere in Argentina may remain for many more days. Argentinians remember the moment of winning the World Cup in different ways. Even the name of the newborns of the country is being engraved in the historical moment!

Where a man is getting the most priority in naming the newly born children. For some, he is also superhuman. Even if you don't say the name, it's going on. That name is Lionel Messi.

According to the Santa Fe County Civil Registry, one in every 70 babies born last December was registered with the name Lionel or Leonella. The source of which is the Argentinian captain Lionel Messi. Messi was born in Rosario, Santa Fe province.

It has been reported that the rate of choice of the name Messi for newborns has increased by 700 percent. Till September, the number of newborns with this name was 6 per month. This number increased to 49 in 30 days. Not only in the name of Messi, in recent times the trend of naming the Argentina team after other stars has also increased a lot.

Mariano Galvez, director of the Santa Fe province's civil registry office, said the names of newborns were also registered last week in the names of other Argentina team players. Like Julian or Emiliano. But the most applications came in the name of Lionel.

The moment Messi kissed the World Cup trophy
Photo: Reuters

However, the trend of naming after players who have won the World Cup or achieved great success is quite old. This effect is seen not only in the World Cup winning country, but also in the naming of other countries. The same is the origin of the names Zico, Rossi or Zidane in Bangladesh.

This was seen in a news published a few days ago, in 2022, 738 newborns in Peru were named after Pele. It can be said for sure that the number of children growing up in the name of Messi will increase in the future.


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