誕生日次第のネーミング

クリスマスの日に生まれた人、知り合いにはいますか？一人でも多いですね、でも私は三人の知り合いがいます。面白いのは、一人でも名前が「Jesus」ではないです。「Jesus」って、昔スペインに屯田された国には珍しくない名前と思います。メキシコやフィリピンとか。

フィリピンには、生まれた時次第にネーミングされる文化があります。例を挙げて、四月に生まれた女の子は「April」と名付けられた際は多いです。私の名前の「Paolo」も、ポープ・ジョン・ポールIIからの名前です。そのポープさんの本名は「Paolo」で、私が生まれた時にポープはフィリピンに関わる何かいいことを発表しましたみたいで、母が私を「Paolo」と名付けました。

だからクリスマスの日、つまり「イエスの誕生日」と言われる日、「Jesus」で名づけられる可能はあります。でもやっぱり「Jesus」って重い名前ですね。子供を「仏」とか、「Rama」とかの名前を付けないでしょ。（笑）

Do you know anyone who was born on Christmas day? One is already a lot, but I know of three people (who were born on Christmas Day). What's interesting is that none of them are named "Jesus". "Jesus" isn't an uncommon name in countries that were previously colonized by Spain, like Mexico and the Philippines.

In the Philippines, there's a culture of naming your child based on the time they were born. For example, there are many cases where a girl born in April is named "April". My name, "Paolo" also comes from Pope John Paul II. His real name was "Paolo", and when I was born, I think he had made some sort of positive announcement related to the Philippines, so my mother gave me his name, "Paolo".

That's why on Christmas Day, also said to be Jesus' birthday, there's a possibility of being named "Jesus" (if you're born on that day). But "Jesus" is such a heavy name, isn't it? You wouldn't name your child "Buddha" or "Rama", right? (lol)