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10th Aug 2018

Babies with this name are far more likely to be footballers

Jade Hayden

Fancy giving birth to the next David Beckham?

Well, just don’t call him David and you might be in with a chance.

According to BBC Three, there’s a certain name that a lot of footballers tend to have, meaning that simply by naming your newborn this, they have a far better chance of them being good at keepie uppies.

And maybe even winning the elusive league, whatever that may be.

And the name is none other than Daniel – who’d have thought it?

The station analysed the names of the 536 footballers who played on the pitch last season and found that Daniel was the most common. 

Which clearly means that if you call your son that they are going to absolutely dominate the field.

Makes sense yeah.

Similarly, most footballers are born in May too, so if you want your little lad or girl to become an international sports star, start getting down to it in October or November-ish.

Sorted.