I think just saying “Hey, I was wrong about how much this association is made for every possible permutation of the name and for all audiences” would probably improve your thread.
Except for Michael Jordan.
It seems to be only you who associates Adolfo with Adolf Hitler.
Okay… but the restaurant’s name is Adolfo’s, so…
The restaurant is called Adolfo’s.
The restaurant is called Adolfo’s.
The restaurant is called Adolfo’s.
Not familiar with the Rocky movies? And he CHANGED IT to that. (And yes, it is the same name, as much as Adolfo is.)
That’s not how you associate the name of Adolf Hitler with a restaurant, this is how you associate the name of Adolf Hitler with a restaurant:
KFC Is Not Amused by ‘Hitler’ Fried Chicken
When I google Adolfo I get a full page of some Spanish fashion designer.
Top Google image for Adolfo is a Roman Catholic priest, Adolfo Nicolás.
Adolfo is a common name in Mexico. Hence, Adolfo, the Mexican restaurant.
Could a case not be made for reclaiming the A-name – refusing to let it thus be ruined? One might concentrate on the enormous number of benign or harmless Adolfs / Adolfos / Adolphuses who have lived, or are now living…
Yeah I’m not getting that. Adolpho does not equal Adolf. It certainly doesn’t make me think of Hitler.
Adolfo’s is a restaurant on Frenchmen in New Orleans. Been there about 20 years and I’ve never given it a Nazi thought.
That wasn’t extremely obvious, especially as you said it in the title and the text.
I don’t think so.
Nobody is claiming they’ve never heard of Hitler.
Based on a mundane and pointless impression of how widespread is the association. Fair enough.
As others pointed out, in any case Adolf would not necessarily register the same way as Adolfo’s or Adolphe or Adolphus.
BTW, all that aside I would not be surprised (though I would be annoyed) if a large number of currently-living Americans below a certain age, if asked “What was Hitler’s given name?” would go “Um… Heil? Henrick… no wait, that’s Himmler, you mean that’s a different guy? With an A you say? Er, Albert? Arthur? Arminius?..”, save for WW2 buffs, actual Neos, and people who watched a lot of the History Channel in the 1990s.
Anyone remember Osama’s Place? (Note the date of the article…)
When the previous pope picked his name did you think of Mussolini?
When you hear about the current Vice President do you think about Stalin?
Does this make you think of Stalin?
To be fair to the OP, I think seeing the name Adolf probably does quite significantly link (in my mind) to Hitler than any of the above, BUT my reaction would be more “Oh, OK - so that name’s shaking off any historic taboo it might have” than “OMG! Hitler! I can’t believe it!”
There’s a reporter on my local NPR station named Adolfo Guzman Lopez, and he always says his name with a fairly thick accent. I used to think it was endearing, but now I realize he’s just trying to hide his true heritage from us. Thanks for alerting me.
The last name is probably closer to being extinct than the first name.
I was always under the impression that the -ph spelling variant was more common than the -f one. And if you Google “Adolph” you wind up with all kinds of people. When I was typing in the search term, as soon as I hit the p, the autocomplete suggestions gave me Adolph Rupp, Adolph Coors, and the Adolphus hotel in Dallas.
Just so the OP doesn’t think he’s living in crazy-land all alone. A couple of years ago I was visiting my sister. Her daughter (my niece) was, I believe, in 1st or 2nd grade, and they had an assignment to write a knock-knock joke.
My sister, knowing my love of childish humor, asked if I wanted to help. Eventually we came up with one I thought was pretty good:
Knock, knock
Who’s there?
Adolph
Adolph who?
A dolphin took my beach ball!
My sister called me a few days later to tell me that her teacher had rejected the joke as “age-inappropriate” because it had the name “Adolph” in it! 
:smack: