3-year-old Rooney Scholes not allowed to use his first name on easter egg because of copyright issues

Three year old Rooney Scholes and mum Jo-Anne Scholes.

You would think that being named after a big footballer would actually be pretty cool, however, that wasn’t the case with three-year old Rooney Scholes who was not allowed to have his first name written on an Easter egg because it would infringe the copyright of England footballer Wayne Rooney.

“It’s just pathetic that they wouldn’t let a child have his name on an Easter egg for fear of upsetting Wayne Rooney,” Rooney’s mother Jo-Anne Scholes who is apparently a huge Manchester United fan, and even has a tattoo of Eric Cantona on her arm told Mirror. “I can’t imagine Wayne Rooney would care less.”

“It’s just nonsense anyway. Rooney is his name, does that mean he’s not allowed to have his name on anything because he shares it with a famous footballer? It’s really annoying because it turned what was meant to be a nice, personal gift into something which looked really impersonal and just a bit silly really.”

Mother of four, Jo-Anne Scholes had named her youngest child Rooney as a tribute to the player who she had been supporting for a long time.

“He’s been my favourite player for years just because of his style of play and the way he carries the team,” she revealed. “I had a couple of nervy moments when it looked like Wayne might be off to Chelsea in the summer but thankfully he stayed where he belongs.”

Ms. Scholes has yet another 16-year old who is called Anderson, however, he was named way before the Brazilian midfielder Anderson had arrived at Old Trafford. Interestingly, she even has two cats named Cantona and Berbatov, named as tributes to former Manchester United strikers Eric Cantona and Dimitar Berbatov.