{"id":1564072,"date":"2023-05-14T12:39:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T16:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1564072"},"modified":"2023-05-14T12:39:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T16:39:08","slug":"why-is-coco-gauff-called-coco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/why-is-coco-gauff-called-coco\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Is Coco Gauff Called ‘Coco'?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What's in a name? If you're a professional tennis player, quite a lot. Without a team alongside you, you're only as good as your own reputation. And, thankfully for Coco Gauff<\/a>, the young American has quite a good one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During her time on the court, Gauff has established herself as a promising talent capable of pushing into tennis' upper echelon. Her rise to fame, however, has probably raised a question for many fans: Why is she called “Coco”?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With that in mind, let's consider Coco Gauff's real name and how she got her famous moniker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Coco Gauff's real name?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Coco Gauff has made quite a name for herself on the tennis scene. |Robert Prange\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For the most part, Coco Gauff<\/a> goes by her famous nickname. Her birth certificate, however, has another name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gauff's first name is Cori, making her full name Cori Dionne Gauff. The letter C is clearly a favorite amount the family. Coco's parents are Corey and Candi; her brothers are named Codey and Cameron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you might have noticed, Coco's first name sounds just like her dad's, even though they're spelled differently. And as anyone who's grown up around a big family or gone to school with similarly named classmates can confirm, that's a recipe for confusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enter her nickname to solve the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coco Gauff got her famous nickname to make things less confusing around her father <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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