2 questions become a norm for Hamilton man whose first name is World Cup

Excuse me, can you repeat that please? How do you spell that?

They are two questions which have become the norm for this Hamilton man when he is asked for his first name.

"World Cup," he replies. "You know, like the Rugby World Cup."

There's certainly plenty of double takes when people look at World Cup's licence.

And from there, it's the word 'wow' which so often follows from the fascinated inquirer.

25-year-old World Cup is understood to be the only person in New Zealand with that first name.

World Cup says he certainly gets some strange looks and queries when he tells people his name.

And now for the full version, which includes three middle names: World Cup Anthony Manu Samoa Tuiavii.

There's the clue, in the middle names, about how all this came to be.

It was October 15, 1991, and as World Cup was making his way into the world in Samoa, his dad, Agato ‑ a big rugby fan ‑ was still on cloud nine with how the national team were performing in their maiden Rugby World Cup appearance, in the UK, Ireland and France.

A win over Wales, a narrow loss to Australia and then a win over Argentina had them into the quarterfinals (where they were eventually ousted by Scotland), and World Cup arrived a day after that victory over the Pumas.

One of 11 children, World Cup ‑ who ironically now plays rugby league instead of rugby ‑ is the only one with a rather unique name.

Source: Stuff.co.nz