"literal theonymy" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2000, Elaine Matthews, Simon Hornblower, Peter Marshall Fraser, Greek Personal Names: Their Value as Evidence, →ISBN, page 57:",
          "text": "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 .",
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          "ref": "2006, Joan Booth, Robert Maltby, What's in a Name?: The Significance of Proper Names in Classical Latin Literature:",
          "text": "There are a few instances of mortals called Artemis or Hermes, but such literal theonymy is relatively rare, and mostly dates from the first century ad or later.",
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          "ref": "2009, Tobias Fischer-Hansen, Birte Poulsen, From Artemis to Diana: The Goddess of Man and Beast, →ISBN, page 323:",
          "text": "As is evident from Fig. 8, female theophoric names on Artemi- are quite uncommon and literal theonymy, where the personal name is same as the name of the deity, is extremely rare.",
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        "The naming of a person with a divine name, such as the use of Jesus as a given name in Mexico and Central America."
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