Anele Ntshinga could hardly contain her excitement when she gave birth to a baby girl just 10 minutes after the opening match of the South Africa World Cup. As a big fan of the South African team, the new mother named her daughter "Fifa," after the sporting body FIFA that governs world soccer. "I will be more than happy to explain it to her the day she asks: 'Mommy, why do I have such an unusual name?' "
阿內(nèi)勒在首場(chǎng)比賽開(kāi)賽10分鐘后喜得千金,作為南非球隊(duì)的超級(jí)球迷,這位新媽媽給女兒起名FIFA(國(guó)際足聯(lián)的英文縮寫)。她說(shuō):“我多么樂(lè)于在女兒長(zhǎng)大后向她描述這個(gè)名字的由來(lái)。”
In Bloemfontein, Charl and Riana Reinhardt gave birth to twins, whom they named "Bafana" (the nickname of the South Africa team) and "Mexico". New parents also named their babies after stadiums or "Soccer City".
布隆方丹的卡爾夫婦給雙胞胎分別取名“Bafana”(南非球隊(duì)的昵稱)和“Mexico”(世界杯首場(chǎng)比賽是東道主對(duì)戰(zhàn)墨西哥)。還有父母以球場(chǎng)或“Soccer City”(足球之城)等名稱給寶寶起名。