Messi’s hometown has banned naming kids ‘Messi’
According to a 2014 ruling, it is illegal for parents to name their child ‘Messi’ in Lionel Messi’s hometown Rosario, in Argentina. As per authorities, ‘Messi’, a surname, cannot be used as a forename. The law was passed after a man named his son ‘Messi' Varela, the first in the town to do so. 