双子の名前

Press Trust of India “Born during coronavirus lockdown, Raipur twins named ‘Corona’ and ‘Covid’” https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/born-during-coronavirus-lockdown-raipur-twins-named-corona-and-covid/story-Rv8vyFY5jOQKcI5o6B2f6O.html
Brian Niemietz “Couple names newborn twins Corona and Covid” https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-corona-covid-twins-name-coronavirus-india-20200403-g4j2rkj52rds5n74zgmvoyemmi-story.html

３月27日、印度のチャッティースガル州*1で二卵性双生児（男女）が誕生した。両親は印度を含むほぼ全世界で猖獗を極めている新型コロナウィルスに因んで、双子をそれぞれCoronaとCovidと名付けた。
『ヒンドゥスタン・タイムズ』の記事から；

The pandemic caused by a new virus may have brought the world to its knees, but that has not deterred a couple in Chhattisgarh to name their newborn twins as ‘Corona’ and ‘Covid’.

The two words may evoke fear and devastation in minds of others, but for the Raipur-based couple they symbolise triumph over hardships as the twins - a boy and a girl - were born during the ongoing coronavirus-enforced nationwide lockdown which has disrupted normal life.

The names, they said, would remind them about all the hardships they conquered amid the lockdown, ahead of a successful delivery on the intervening night of March 26-27 at a government hospital here.

However, the couple said they may change their decision later and rename their kids.

I was blessed with the twins - a boy and a girl - in the early hours on March 27. We have named themCovid (boy) and Corona (girl) for now,” Preeti Verma, the 27-old mother of the newborns, told PTI.

“The delivery happened after facing several difficulties and therefore, me and my husband wanted to make the day memorable.

“Indeed the virus is dangerous and life-threatening but its outbreak made people focus on sanitation, hygiene and inculcate other good habits. Thus, we thought about these names,” she said, giving reasons for their unusual decision.

出来事に「ちなんだ」命名については、川田順造『聲』と菅原和孝『ブッシュマンとして生きる』を参照のこと*2。

声 (ちくま学芸文庫)

ブッシュマンとして生きる―原野で考えることばと身体 (中公新書)

*1:http://cgstate.gov.in/ See eg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhattisgarh https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AB%E5%B7%9E

*2:Mentioned in https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20120227/1330362485 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20150709/1436464381