An Indian family name their newborn baby boy ‘Lockdown’ just a week after a family named their twins ‘Corona’ and ‘COVID’

An Indian family has not hesitated or given a second thought to the naming of the new baby boy as ‘Lockdown’ to symbolize the era the world is in.

In an Indian village called Bacheri in the Sheopur district, a couple, Manju Mail and Raghunath welcomed their baby boy amidst the country’s 21-day lockdown.

At the hospital, when the couple were asked what name they wanted for their child, they said and wrote LOCKDOWN to the surprise of the midwives.

The mother, Manju said; “He is Lockdown, as he was born during the lockdown period,” the Times of India reported.

Her husband added: “My son and our family will remember this time of crisis throughout our life. It is a significant name.

“The whole world is using the lockdown as a means to steam this pandemic. We should not take Lockdown lightly.”

The news comes just a week after another Indian couple from the neighboring village Chhattisgarh, named their newborn twins ‘Corona’ and ‘COVID’.

The couple, Preeti and Vinay Verma told the Press Trust of India the names Corona and COVID were chosen to symbolize triumph over hardship.

Mother of the twins, Preeti said; “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.”