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The Erling Haaland Effect: Why Over 500 Peruvian Families Named Their Babies After Norway’s World Cup Star

Why Over 500 Peruvian Families Named Their Babies After Norway’s World Cup Star

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The Erling Haaland Effect: Why Over 500 Peruvian Families Named Their Babies After Norway’s World Cup Star

Somewhere in Peru, a baby is crying and his name is Haaland. So is the baby one next door. And the one down the street. More than 500 Peruvian families have named their newborns after Erling Haaland since the 2026 World Cup began. Not after his club, not after Norway, after the man himself. Peru’s national registry confirmed it. The numbers are real, and the story behind them is genuinely one of the stranger things to come out of this summer’s tournament.

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