Get Your Own Brazilian Name, Right Here!

Ronaldinho. Ronaldo. Kaká. Pele. Marta.

If you’re a fan of Brazilian football, you’ve seen them. Those single names on the back of the jerseys that often have very little to do with the players’ real, given names.

(Kaká is actually Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite. Personally I’d prefer that to Kaká, especially given the Tommy Smyth habit of putting the accent on the first syllable and saying things like, “How’d you like to be the one to pick up after Kaka?”)

But you’ve been envious of those single names, haven’t you? Well, guess what? Here’s your chance to get one of your own. Just plug in your own name (or somebody else’s if you want to have some fun) and let the name generator do the rest. Your Brazilian name will be shown on your very own Brazil #10 jersey.

Mine was boring, so let’s move on to our former fearless editor Bob Kellett. He’s not here anymore to defend himself, so his name is Bildo. Seriously. Like a hobbit with issues. (This is what we do to editors who leave us, Bob. We…we…make fun of their names!)

And Landon Donovan? “Lildo.” Also a hobbit with issues, but…little.

Zinedine Zidane? “Zinedininho”, of course. (Don’t try to say that if you’ve had more than a pint.)

Thierry Henry? “Haldo Santos.” (Ummm…okay?)

And what about Wayne Rooney? “Wayniano.” Cute, huh? I don’t think we should tell him, though. I can see this becoming pillow talk between he and Colleen, and I just don’t want to go there.

The funny part, though? You can’t use this with any of the Brazilian names. Try it with Ronaldo, or Pele, or Ronaldinho, and you get an error message asking for a first and a last name. I guess they have a one name per customer policy.

Enjoy!

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