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Report: Baby Named 'Griezmann Mbappe' Investigated by French Authorities

A French couple who reportedly named their son "Griezmann Mbappe" after two of France's 2018 FIFA World Cup heroes, forwards Antoine Griezmann and Kylian Mbappe, could be forced to change his name.

La Montagne (h/t ESPN FC's Jonathan Johnson) reported the public prosecutor in Brive, where the couple reside, could order a name change. The local registrar deemed the name to be "against the child's best interests or infringing on the rights of third parties to protect their family name."

Atletico Madrid striker Griezmann and Paris Saint-Germain ace Mbappe each scored four goals at the World Cup as they helped guide France to their first World Cup crown since 1998.