# Naming your kid Adolf Hitler **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 22, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naming-your-kid-adolf-hitler/478374 "2008-12-22T22:16:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naming-your-kid-adolf-hitler/478374/1 "2008-12-22T22:16:12Z")
I can’t manage to put this in the pit since I’m not even outraged over it. It’s more of a “Just when you thought you met the dumbest person on earth” reaction. [From here](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hNXg5FqcqZg1KUgf6PNrmnRRk-4wD9544FE00). Seriously dude, just what kind of reaction did you think other people would have when you named your son Adolf Hitler and your daughter JoyceLynn Aryan Nation? Did you really want them to be ridiculed for their entire childhood because of Daddy’s little joke? Do you have no friends or relatives that said “mmmm… maybe that’s not such a good idea”? Do you not realize that people will probably feel nothing but sympathy for the kids yet put a mark on you as the biggest dumb-ass they’ve ever known. And your kids will label you as the biggest dumb-ass they’ve ever known once they are legal age to change their names. Honestly, no one is shocked by the names you chose. They are more shocked at how stupid you are. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naming-your-kid-adolf-hitler/478374/2 "2008-12-22T22:23:24Z")
Ah, you missed a [fine Pit thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=497840) there was drama, misunderstanding, Doper fighting, followed by a group hug! Really it had it all and is a fine specimen of SDMBness. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naming-your-kid-adolf-hitler/478374/3 "2008-12-22T22:24:01Z")
I’ve only been able to imagine this kid was named during a \*Family Guy \*cut scene. PETER Oh, man…this is worse than that time I had that baby naming business. CUT TO: PETER is at a desk with a young couple (woman pregnant) seated before him. PETER Name your kid-- Adolf. Hitler. MAN Won’t people think we named him after the _real_ Adolf Hitler? PETER Nope. WOMAN I _have_ always liked the name Adolf. MAN And I’ve always liked the name Hitler! What if it’s a girl? PETER Wurssthan. Wurssthan Hitler. \*Wurssthan \*is a Scottish name. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naming-your-kid-adolf-hitler/478374/4 "2008-12-22T22:32:04Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > Ah, you missed a [fine Pit thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=497840) there was drama, misunderstanding, Doper fighting, followed by a group hug! Really it had it all and is a fine specimen of SDMBness. Damn, I must have missed that one. Mods can close this one, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naming-your-kid-adolf-hitler/478374/5 "2008-12-22T22:32:19Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > Ah, you missed a [fine Pit thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=497840) there was drama, misunderstanding, Doper fighting, followed by a group hug! Really it had it all and is a fine specimen of SDMBness. As well as an [IMHO thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=497933) on the same article.