Wesley leaps up the popular name charts

The performance of Wesley Sneijder at the World Cup is encouraging new parents to name their new babies after him, the Telegraaf reports on Thursday.


The number of babies named Wesley almost doubled in June, the paper says. But Robin, Arjan and Maarten have not gone up in popularity, according to information from the social insurance bank SVB.

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