KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) - Two lifelong Kansas City Chiefs fans named both their sons after their favorite football players: Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce.
Kaytee Wood and her husband, Alex, found out they were having their first son the weekend of the 2020 Super Bowl, in which the Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers. Wood says her husband’s promise led to the naming of their son Patrick after quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
“He made a lot of promises and said a lot of things, and we just decided to go with it,” Wood said. “Luckily, we also really loved the name.”
A pair of lifelong Kansas City Chiefs fans named their sons Patrick, left, and Travis after...
A pair of lifelong Kansas City Chiefs fans named their sons Patrick, left, and Travis after their favorite football players.(Kaytee Wood)
When the couple had their second son in 2023, the only name that made sense was Travis for Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
“Everybody asked, ‘Are you gonna name him Travis?’” Wood said. “We went back and forth for a really long time. We actually didn’t decide until he was born, but we decided to go with Travis.”
Patrick and Travis Wood are now 4 and 2, still too young to fully grasp the importance of their names, but their mother hopes they will take after their superstar athlete namesakes.
Patrick and Travis Wood, now 4 and 2, don’t have any interest in playing football yet, but if...
Patrick and Travis Wood, now 4 and 2, don’t have any interest in playing football yet, but if they decide they want to, their parents will be cheering them on.(Kaytee Wood)
“I hope my boys end up having the bond that Patrick and Travis do on the field,” Wood said. “That’s kind of why we decided to name them as two best friends because we want them to grow up to be best friends.”
She says her sons don’t have any interest in playing football yet, but if they decide they want to, their parents will be cheering them on.
“If they don’t want to play football, that’s OK, too,” she said.
The best aspects of naming her sons Patrick and Travis, Wood says, are that the boys get to hear their names on TV a lot during the football season and that the family gets recognized for being Chiefs fans, even though they don’t live in Kansas City.
“It’s kind of like an Easter egg,” she said. “People definitely ask, ‘Really? Are they named after the Chiefs?’ But the people that know us well get it.”
Since both their sons were born the same year the Chiefs went to the Super Bowl, Wood says she has tried to convince her husband to have a third child and name them Andy after coach Andy Reid. She says she just wants to bring the team some luck – but her husband “hasn’t gone for it yet.”
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