<img title="Baby Mehd Ozil with his parents" src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/2018/apr/Ozil-z.jpg" alt="Baby Mehd Ozil with his parents" /> Baby Mehd Ozil with his parents
Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil said he was honoured to learn that a Kerala couple from the football crazy district of Malappuram had named their newborn after him.
<img title="Mesut Ozil" src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/2018/apr/Ozil-z-a.jpg" alt="Mesut Ozil" /> Mesut Ozil
On Saturday, the German player shared a video of the family from Kerala endearing them to football fans across the globe. "Great honour to be the inspiration for the name of this child, sending my best wishes back to India and all the best for Mehd Ozil. Hope Mehd will assist his family with lots of smiles and memories in the years to come," Ozil wrote on Twitter on Monday.
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Great honour to be the inspiration for the name of this child &eth;u00c2u009fu00c2u0098u00c2u0085 Sending my best wishes back to India and all the best for Mehd Ozil &eth;u00c2u009fu00c2u0098u00c2u0089&eth;u00c2u009fu00c2u0087&reg;&eth;u00c2u009fu00c2u0087&sup3;&eth;u00c2u009fu00c2u0099u00c2u008f&eth;u00c2u009fu00c2u008f&frac14; Hope Mehd will assist his family with lots of smiles and memories in the years to come &eth;u00c2u009fu00c2u0098&not; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/YaGunnersYa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#YaGunnersYa</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Arsenal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Arsenal</a> <a href="https://t.co/YfMbcTChAZ">pic.twitter.com/YfMbcTChAZ</a>
&mdash; Mesut &Ouml;zil (@MesutOzil1088) <a href="https://twitter.com/MesutOzil1088/status/983370508291985408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">9 April 2018</a></blockquote>
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The child, born on December 29, 2017, was named Mehd, which means instructor and Ozil, which means genuine in Turkish.
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