Athletes whose names will get you in the holiday spirit

‘Tis the season. As a follow-up to our critically-acclaimed and highly-respected Thanksgiving-themed list of athletes, we’re back with another, December-oriented holiday athlete gallery. If you’re feeling the holiday spirit, enjoy sports or just appreciate a great sports name when you see one, happy holidays. — Jeremy Woo

Athletes whose names will get you in the holiday spirit

Jrue Holiday

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Not pictured: basketball-playing brothers Justin and Aaron.

Rakeem Christmas

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Frostee Rucker

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Matt Holliday

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Johnny Jolly

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Nerlens Noel

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Jon Garland

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Draymond Green

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Kyle Rudolph

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Darius Slay

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Neftali Feliz

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Jesus Navas

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Christ Koumadje

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J.T. Snow

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DeMarre Carroll

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Angel Pagan

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David DeJesus

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God’sgift Achiuwa

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Le’Veon Bell

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Tree Rollins

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Mike Tannenbaum

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Bart Starr

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Dwayne Bowe

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Festus Ezeli

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Gift Ngoepe

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Royal Ivey

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Scott Frost

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Nazareth Mitrou-Long

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Naz, for short.

Maccabi Tel-Aviv

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Chier Ajou

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Jimmy Clausen

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God Shammgod

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Metta World Peace

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