# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 31
**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. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345)._