Naming your kid Donald now a days is like naming your kid Adolf in the 1940s.

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[–] 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

One of my good friend's is named Adolf.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    In Sweden there are lots of Adolfsson (son of adolf). I think it's more Hitler that's the forbidden name.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Adolph was a relatively uncommon name in English, and thus became taboo easily. In Sweden, Adolf has historically been a common name, largely eclipsing all that unpleasantness happening to the south that Sweden didn’t participate in anyway, do why should families change their surname?

    Having said that, naming a child Adolf in Sweden is still uncommon, though presumably more out of concern that he may have a hard time if he travels.

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