# How popular is Adolf nowadays? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 19, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345 "2020-10-19T19:13:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345/22 "2020-10-20T05:37:38Z")
Wikipedia explains: “the Spanish and Portuguese version, _Adolfo_ , has not become stigmatized in the same way. It is still in common use in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries across the world.” I had forgotten the Asian trend where Hitler is regarded as hip. Hard for me to understand. I am flabbergasted. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345/23 "2020-10-20T06:22:54Z")
> [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > I had forgotten the Asian trend where Hitler is regarded as hip. Hitler was also considered a hip name in black townships in South Africa at one time. See the incident in Trevor Noah’s autobiography _Born a Crime_, where a township music/dance group he was involved with was invited to a ‘cultural day’ at an upmarket Jewish school, and a guy called Hitler was the star dancer… 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345/24 "2020-10-20T06:52:56Z")
I have a Swiss coworker who is named Adolf, and goes by Dolf. Why is someone in their 40s/50s named Adolf? Because his father was Adolf and his father was named Adolf, etc. I graduated high school in 1988. I never use 88 for anything, even though it is also the magic speed in Back to the Future. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345/25 "2020-10-20T06:53:21Z")
I seem to recall a news story some years back about a neo-Nazi couple in New Jersey who named their kid Adolf Hitler, and how there was a big kerfuffle when they tried to get a birthday cake with his name on it. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345/26 "2020-10-20T10:37:30Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > a guy called Hitler was the star dancer… My God - _The Producers_ was right! He _was_ a terrific dancer! ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345/27 "2020-10-20T11:51:22Z")
I remember seeing ads for this product years ago - it still exists with its original name. (there were some bad high school kids’ jokes that went along with it): > **[Adolph's® Unseasoned Tenderizer | Lawry's](https://www.mccormick.com/lawrys/flavors/adolphs/adolphs-original-meat-tenderizer)** > > Adolph's Original Unseasoned Tenderizer is the perfect match for tough cuts of beef, pork and poultry. It tenderizes and brings out great flavor in your family’s home-cooked meals without any added MSG, artificial flavor, and colors from artificial... ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345/28 "2020-10-20T12:18:38Z")
> [@mtnmatt](#): > > I guess I don’t know how to embed an image, but the Baby Name wizard shows a very steep drop off about when you’d expect: For what it’s worth, I’m seeing significantly different graphs for “Adolph” and “Adolf” (and a spike in popularity for “Adolfo”). ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345/29 "2020-10-20T12:52:01Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > To continue this hijack, whenever you call out one of those 88 shitbirds on their name they will inevitably claim that 88 was their uniform number in high school football. Their is clearly an amazing coincidence between borderline racist trolls and that number on football teams. Now now, Ye of little faith in your fellow man! They could have been racist shitstains even at age 16 and _asked_ for number 88 on their jersey. Then they’d be telling the truth later. 😉 > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > And I found there is an Indian politician named Adolf Lu Hitler Marak who ran against candidates named Frankenstein Momin and Billykid Sangma in a 2013 election. Which indicates an level of parental whimsy in India that I was unaware of. Either that or, just like here in the USA, in India there are batshit insane people who change their name to something eye-catching then run for office as no-hopers. > [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > I remember seeing ads for this product years ago - it still exists with its original name. (there were some bad high school kids’ jokes that went along with it): I’d forgotten about Adolph’s meat tenderizer, but it’s been a mainstream product my entire life. It’s a good bet that’s the only national brand name in the USA using Adolf/ph. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345/30 "2020-10-20T13:15:45Z")
My Dad has an old college body called Adolph, or Dolph for short. Born in 1948 and yes, Jewish. From what I understand, his mother was a real piece of work, which may help explain the name. He’s a psychiatrist from Seattle and was, in point of fact, the inspiration for the character of Frasier Crane from _Cheers_ and _Frasier_, but that’s a different story. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345/31 "2020-10-20T15:45:45Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > …And I found there is an Indian politician named Adolf Lu Hitler Marak who ran against candidates named Frankenstein Momin and Billykid Sangma in a 2013 election. Which indicates an level of parental whimsy in India that I was unaware of. India and Hitler go _'way_ back. > **[Hitler's Hot In India](https://www.npr.org/2012/12/23/167911062/hitlers-hot-in-india)** > > All over India, an unusual name has been popping up on signs in restaurants and businesses. Indians have a growing affinity for the murderous dictator, and the connections between him and the subcontinent may explain why. > **[Why Hitler is not a dirty word in India | India News - Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/why-hitler-is-not-a-dirty-word-in-india/articleshow/63955029.cms)** > > India News: From coffee mugs and laptop cases to ice cream and artwork, everything sells in the Fuhrer’s name in India Last month, a Delhi-based publisher grabbed. > [@joebuck20](#): > > I seem to recall a news story some years back about a neo-Nazi couple in New Jersey who named their kid Adolf Hitler, and how there was a big kerfuffle when they tried to get a birthday cake with his name on it. There’s some discussion of that case here. > [@What kind of parents name their child Adolph Hitler?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-parents-name-their-child-adolph-hitler/477594): > > An AP story in today’s newspaper is about a family in PA who named their now 3-year old child Adolph Hitler Campbell. They are upset because a store refused to put the entire name on a birthday cake for him. Their other children are named JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell. They insist they are not raciest. That may be, but IMHO they are dithering idiots. Pity the poor kids. ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345/32 "2020-10-20T16:22:05Z")
My brother-in-law is Swiss. His father’s name is Adolph. According to my BIL, Adolph was an old family name, but he’s the last Adolph in their family, and moreover he’s gone by “Adi” since he was a small child, to the point where even close friends and family are only vaguely aware that “Adi” isn’t the name on his birth certificate. I’m not sure how old he is, but I think he was born, and named, while the Other Adolph was still alive. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345/33 "2020-10-20T16:26:25Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > According to my BIL, Adolph was an old family name, but he’s the last Adolph in their family, and moreover he’s gone by “Adi” since he was a small child, to the point where even close friends and family are only vaguely aware that “Adi” isn’t the name on his birth certificate. The founder of Adidas was a German man named Adolf Dassler (born in 1900); he, too, went by the nickname Adi, and the company name (adopted in 1949) is a contraction of “Adi Dassler.” ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345/34 "2020-10-20T18:37:09Z")
True, I’ve never met a Pontius Pilate, but people still do his exercises to this day! ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345/35 "2020-10-20T19:51:18Z")
In Norway the name was already at the very bottom of a 60 year decline. [https://www.ssb.no/a/navn/guttermange/adolf.png](https://www.ssb.no/a/navn/guttermange/adolf.png) There is currently 84 Norwegian men whose first name is Adolf, 32 of whom don’t have a middle name. I suspect the median age of them is 80 something. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345/36 "2020-10-21T13:44:21Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > > [@gdave](#): > > > > According to my BIL, Adolph was an old family name, but he’s the last Adolph in their family, and moreover he’s gone by “Adi” since he was a small child, to the point where even close friends and family are only vaguely aware that “Adi” isn’t the name on his birth certificate. > > The founder of Adidas was a German man named Adolf Dassler (born in 1900); he, too, went by the nickname Adi, and the company name (adopted in 1949) is a contraction of “Adi Dassler.” I’ve never met an Adolf in Germany in person, and the only prominent examples I remember are a late sportscaster named [Adolf Furler](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addi_Furler) (born in, well, 1933), who always went by “Addi”, and [Adolf Hütter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adi_H%C3%BCtter) (born 1970), an Austrian soccer coach who exclusively goes by “Adi”. Adolf just doesn’t fly anymore in Germany since 1945. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345/37 "2020-10-21T15:12:38Z")
There was also the KFC rip off in Thailand, [HFC](https://www.eater.com/2013/7/8/6408909/bangkoks-hitler-fried-chicken-could-get-fried-by-kfc). ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345/38 "2020-10-21T15:42:03Z")
I’m pretty sure Coors was using “Adolph Coors” in some commercials, which might help to soften it. ---
**Author:** ![APB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@APB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APB)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345/39 "2020-10-21T17:20:47Z")
In the case of Spain, there was [Adolfo Suárez](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolfo_Su%C3%A1rez). As he was the Prime Minister who oversaw the transition from fascism to democracy, he was sort-of the opposite of Hitler. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345/40 "2020-10-21T20:44:56Z")
I believe the coors family is up to 4 named Adolph. iv became a born again Christian. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345/41 "2020-10-21T20:56:42Z")
I through III were all born long before the name Adolph became notorious; Adolph Coors III was born in 1915. His son, Adolph Coors IV, appears to have been born around 1946, so the family was clearly very dedicated to passing on the family name, given that timing. It does appear that he continued the tradition, as [this site](https://littlesis.org/person/245690-Adolph_Coors_V) indicates that one of his two sons is Adolph Coors V. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345.md?page=3)