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One of the funniest videos of politicians that I've seen recently was a casual meetup of Poland's PM Donald Tusk and the then incoming Hungarian PM Magyar. He had just defeated Viktor Orban, Putin's fifth column in the EU and authoritarian asshole of the year. Magyar introduces one of his ministers to Tusk. I don't remember which ministry but her name is also Orban. Tusk is ever so briefly taken aback by the mention of that name, which Magyar realizes and quickly adds: "No relation." They giggle at the mixup and Tusk just fires off nonchalantly something like: "Well, my name is Donald." They laugh and move on.
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.
My grandpa’s name is Donald. I was gonna name my kid after him.
Sorry, grandpa.
Karen is similarly poisonous
Of course he's a cop
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.
Adolf Israel Jihad
Not yet, there are people who have, and will, name their kids Donald. They might actually give him the "t" middle initial too.
Just make their middle name Duck and you are golden.
Nobody names kids "Adolf" here, even today. That name is thoroughly burned.
Is Isis still off-limits?
Nobody shied away from Joseph after Stalin.
Naming your kid Judas or lucifer has been pretty taboo for the past 2000 years.
One of my good friend's is named Adolf.
However, DioramaOfShit is a great name!
A mechanic in Denmark has Adolf has his middle name. He's about 50. I only went there once...
I disagree, because Donald is already owned by many other famous figures, many predating trump. It is a name with notoriety, but it is more in grounds with say Napoleon Bonaparte, and other such significant political entities. The dilution period for his name will be even sooner than Napoleon though because of the popularity of his name, so we probably won't see it entirely disappear from naming conventions the way Adolf has. It might raise eyebrows within certain social circles for a while, but honestly not much more, particularly as you leave the American sphere of influence.
Is Adolf a safe name yet? How long needs to pass?
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