A Liverpool fan from Norway has persuaded his partner to name their two-week-old daughter YNWA in honour of his beloved club – despite having never been to Anfield before.
Life-long Reds supporter Kent Roger Solheim lives in Sandefjord in Norway with his girlfriend Carine Heum and their baby daughter YNWA Sofie.
Mr Solheim, 29, said he had to convince his girlfriend to name their baby girl YNWA, after the Reds fans’ anthem You’ll Never Walk Alone.
Life-long Reds supporter Kent Roger Solheim from Sandefjord in Norway persuaded his girlfriend to name their baby daughter YNWA (family pictured)
He said: ‘It started last summer when we knew we were having a girl, so we decided to give her one name each.
‘I’ve followed Liverpool all my life so I wanted to call her YNWA.’
Miss Heum wasn’t entirely impressed with the abbreviation, and the couple initially disagreed over how to spell YNWA’s name.
The two-week-old baby YNWA Sofie was named after the Liverpool fan’s anthem despite the fact her father Mr Solheim has never visited Anfield
Mr Solheim said: ‘She was happy until I told her that I wanted it with a W and then it was a little discussion and she agreed.’
The unusual name – pronounced ‘Unn-wah’ – has prompted a mixed response from friends and family.
Dad-of-one Mr Solheim said: ‘Most of the football interested guys they know the meaning, but people think it’s a nice name. They don’t like the meaning of the name as much if they support Manchester United.’
Mr Solheim has supported Liverpool his entire life – and received his first ever Liverpool kit when he was just three months old.
The new parents are proudly carrying on the tradition, and YNWA’s own Liverpool babygrow will be arriving this weekend.
Despite being a life-long Reds fan, Mr Solheim has never managed to make it to Anfield to watch the Reds play.
He said: ‘I’ve never been before – that’s a big dream. My dad is also a Liverpool supporter and he was there for the first time when he turned 50.’
YNWA Sofie was born on January 1, weighing a healthy 8 lbs 12 oz, and is Kent and Carine’s first child together.