Naming your kid Donald now a days is like naming your kid Adolf in the 1940s.
However, DioramaOfShit is a great name!
Nobody names kids “Adolf” here, even today. That name is thoroughly burned.
I am German and have an uncle whose name is Adolf. His dad/my grandpa also had the name Adolf, but he got the name before WWII.
My parents told me that my uncle has this name because my grandpa misunderstood the nurse when my uncle was born. He supposedly understood “What’s your name?”, while she asked “How should he be named?”. He then said “Adolf” obviously, because that’s his name. And it’s said that once they figured out the error, it was too late to be undone.
There’s a certain scepticism about this story being real. But for sure my grandpa didn’t do it to honor Adolf Hitler (aka being a Nazi. I don’t know about his doings during WWII tbh, but at least how I perceived him, he didn’t have any sympathy for Nazis), maybe he did it because he wanted to name a son after himself while the name was burnt…
Just a tidbit from my life :D
your uncle prob thought “if I dealt with it my whole life someone else will now, too”
Grandpa*
My uncle was the “victim” :D
Karen is similarly poisonous
God I fucking hate how people use this to vilify women. It’s currently being used to imply that any woman who stands up for herself is a bitch. Just more misogyny
That one at least is a shortened form of Katherine, which people won’t associate with Karen.
…it is?
I have never once seen Katherine shortened to Karen. I’ve only ever seen it shortened to Katie or Kat. Any Karens I’ve seen, it’s always been a standalone name.
I love the line “The last Karen…”
My grandpa’s name is Donald. I was gonna name my kid after him.
Sorry, grandpa.
The solution is obvious: name your kid Grandpa.
Middle name, maybe?
Or naming your kid Jeffrey. I think that name is done.
All hail the age of Doug!
Dog bless his soul
Yeah, I fuckin hate Bezos. /anti-joke
I think the name Donald has been out of style since before Trump was born.
Imagine spending your whole life being compared to Donald Duck.
Well, there’s Donald Knuth
Who?
The author of the most boring software development book in history.
Being compared to a cult figure is why exactly bad?
Donald Duck is awesome. Not so boring like the Mouse. Litigious little shit.The most recent famous Donald I can think of is Glover, who was born in '83.
Yeah I was just thinking that, all the others I could think of were at least 60.
Hillary. No one names their daughter Hillary and haven’t for a while now.
Grover, Kermit. These were also common names. There was president Grover Cleveland. Teddy Roosevelt named one of his sons Kermit. Sesame Street had such a strong cultural impact that these names also fell out of use.
Kermit Roosevelt. I’m sure with a name like that, he definitely didn’t do anything of consequence that ripples through geopolitics to this day.
Elmo too certainly
I dated a girl named Hilary once. She was okay.
If she didn’t commit war crimes in Libya, she’s alright by me.
Must have been hilarious.
I wouldn’t say Hilary’s poisoned. Matter of fact, I can’t remember the last time I saw a Clinton headline much less scandal. Also, my definitive Hilary will always be Hilary Banks lol
Taboos can be positive, negative, or just reserved. For example in Judaism writing “God” is taboo, and Jews will frequently write “G-d”. Same with YHWH. They will not say the tetragrammaton. Instead many will substitute the word Adonai.
Of course there are diverse groups of people. So for Hillary, depending on someone’s political persuasion could be a positive name, a negative name, or just so synonymous with her it’s reserved.
Knew a grover. He’s over 100.
Checks out
Of topic but is Sesame street still a thing? With the CPB getting eliminated it is hard to know anymore.
It is. Over a decade ago they cut a deal with HBO where they would get priority on new episodes over PBS. That was a bit controversial at the time. Warnerbros cancelled the deal a couple years ago. Then Netflix picked up the show this time without the exclusive delay.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/19/nx-s1-5403663/sesame-street-netflix-pbs
Contrary to what other peole say, donald is still super common as a name. It’s culturally significant to many nationalities and scottish people don’t really let the fact that the 47th POTUS is a tosser interfere with what they name their kids. I think various commonwealth countries (e.g in the caribbean) like it as a first name, and loads of american people born since '45 have had it - actors, musicians, artists.
I think people should be allowed to use the name adolf without it conjuring association with 🚨🗿.
I think people should be allowed to use the name adolf without it conjuring association with 🚨🗿.
First can of worm of the day, thanks.
Wdym?
They’re going to treat themself with a can of worms for breakfast. Duh…
Donald, Vladimir, Jinping, Il, or Un
Also sort of shifty is Muammar and Hugo.
Joseph seems a little more benign by comparison, no?
Small correction: Jong is Kim Jong Un’s given name, not Un. his father was Kim Jong Il whose given name was also Jong and his father was Kim Il Sung whose given name is Il.
You guys are both wrong.
Their given names are Ilsung, JongIl, and Jongun(I prefer Jeongeun). We do not have concept of middle name.
Ilsung and Jungil are not so common. Never seen anyone personally.
Jungeun: pretty common. It’s a girl’s name actually.
Source: am Korean.
giving non-gender-neutral names should be taboo
this is not supposed to be like a rude comment but what actually makes a name non gender neutural besides socital expectations.
A mechanic in Denmark has Adolf has his middle name. He’s about 50. I only went there once…
A mechanic in Denmark has Adolf has his middle name.
He’s about 50.
Of course he’s a cop
Nominative determinism
Of course he’s a cop in the state that’s pretty much where “coronelismo” still reigns
Not yet, there are people who have, and will, name their kids Donald. They might actually give him the “t” middle initial too.
It is up there with Donna
It is also just…an old person’s name right now.
One of my good friend’s is named Adolf.
In Sweden there are lots of Adolfsson (son of adolf). I think it’s more Hitler that’s the forbidden name.
In germany though Adolf is also taboo. There is even a german drama movie about this naming choice (I think its called “Der Name”, so “The Name”)
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.
Yeah we also had a bunch of kings named (gustav) adolf so…
Wasn’t the guy who killed Hitler named Adolf?
Unless you’re in Asia or somewhere in Africa, I’m guessing your friend’s parents have dodgy political views.
Naming your kid Judas or lucifer has been pretty taboo for the past 2000 years.
