Baby's Name Hides A Sneaky Secret

A sneaky dad has created a name for his daughter – all the while hiding his favourite soccer team’s name within it.

Clare Smith, Mum of a baby girl called Lanesra, has caused a viral internet sensation after sharing the hilarious back story behind her unique name.

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An unidentified magazine has published the explanation of the baby’s chosen name, where Clare explains how it came about:

“We chose our daughter’s name, Lanesra, because it was unique and romantic. It wasn’t until she was two [years old] that my husband told me it was actually his favourite soccer team, Arsenal, spelled backwards!”

Two days ago, a photo of the magazine snippet was posted to social media site, Reddit – it has already garnered almost 2 million views and has been widely shared.

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20 Comments

- - mom156049 said
  - 02 Mar 2016
    8:37 am
Cheeky daddy. This is the sort of thing my partner would do – although I don’t think kangaroos would be a good name regardless of order it was written hehe

- - jodiev1980 said
  - 28 Feb 2016
    12:23 pm
I think I would have worked that out before two years. Not sure about that name.

- - mom57619 said
  - 24 Feb 2016
    11:21 pm
Clever……..and certainly a talking point when she is older.

- - Some_Toss said
  - 18 Feb 2016
    11:15 pm
Bahahahahahaha! Sneaky bastard! 😀 I love it!

- - Nas01 said
  - 14 Feb 2016
    2:25 am
Clever daddy!!

- - welshmummy said
  - 06 Feb 2016
    11:10 am
Ha Ha the lengths some dad’s will go to. Well there won’t be many children out there with the same name so its really original.

- - june11 said
  - 29 Jan 2016
    9:34 pm
Regardless of whether she finds out how she was named it is still a wierd name and she may get teased or given a strange nickname from it.
We copped some wierd nicknames from our surname.

- - mum4107 said
  - 08 Jan 2016
    7:13 am
Oh my goodness that is quite funny. Sneaky dad

- - mom165081 said
  - 08 Jan 2016
    3:23 am
I would be s little annoyed about this – perhaps… Not sure I would want to be named after a footy team – hope she grows up loving football!!

- - Mummytoabeautifulprincess said
  - 07 Jan 2016
    10:31 pm
I don’t see the big deal. If the mother hated the name, she wouldn’t have allowed her child to be called that in the first place. I’d rather be named Lanesra than Apple or North!
- mom94125 replied
  
  11 Jan 2016 , 1:13 pm
  ha ha lol good point! she did agree to it.
- - crystalangela said
  - 07 Jan 2016
    10:30 pm
I thought it quite amusing that she thought it was romantic. Yes unique but if you have never heard it before it is what you make it. Funny. But good story for dad!

- - cherz said
  - 07 Jan 2016
    10:15 pm
Sorry but I do not find this sneaky ..I would call it deceptive.

- - mom93821 said
  - 07 Jan 2016
    7:45 pm
It is definitely a unique name!

- - Lizbef said
  - 07 Jan 2016
    7:17 pm
I would strangle my husband for doing that lol she will either love or hate telling the story of her name when she is older

- - mom90758 said
  - 07 Jan 2016
    6:57 pm
Ha! Ha! Tricky husband. Well, the name is very special!! I’m amazed he could keep the secret for so long!! 🙂

- - mom160421 said
  - 07 Jan 2016
    4:54 pm
It amazes me how fanatical some people are about a sports team.

- - mom94125 said
  - 07 Jan 2016
    3:00 pm
ha! lol how would you feel! cheeky dad!

- - Carolineb said
  - 07 Jan 2016
    2:09 pm
That is one sneaky but clever dad.

- - aprilb1 said
  - 07 Jan 2016
    1:59 pm
Lol sneaky one dad! Clever