English Dictionary

literal theonymy

名詞

不可算名詞

The naming of a person with a divine name, such as the use of Jesus as a given name in Mexico and Central America.

日本語の意味

神の名前を使用して人に名前を付ける行為（例：メキシコや中央アメリカにおいて『イエス』という名前が与えられる現象）

In some Latin American communities, literal theonymy shapes how parents choose names, with many children baptized as Jesus, María, or other sacred names.

ラテンアメリカの一部の地域では、イエスやマリアなどの聖なる名を人名に用いる慣習が親の名前の選び方に影響を与えている。

意味（1）

The naming of a person with a divine name, such as the use of Jesus as a given name in Mexico and Central America.

When H. Meyersahm, in a dissertation of 1891, studied literal theonymy, the giving to humans of unadjusted divine names, he felt able to declare that the practice first emerged in the first century AD .