Literal Baby-Name Police Won’t Let French Couple Name Their Kid “Griezmann Mbappé”
Photo: Matthias Hangst (Getty) International tournament success in sports famously breeds joy, babies, and joyfully birthed babies named after the sporting heroes who achieved said success. It’s no surprise, then, that one French couple wanted to name their newborn son after two stars from France’s World Cup victory this summer. Unfortunately, France, with its oddly fascist naming laws, has stepped in to prevent the couple’s admittedly colorful World Cup-inspired name from being appended to the child. Earlier this month, in a town called Brive, a French couple gave birth to a baby boy. The...
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