for some reason Donald Trump doesn’t go in the category of “people named Donald” in my head. like Tom Cruise, he’s not a Tom, or a Thomas, he’s always Tom Cruise.
when I hear somebody else’s first name is donald, it doesn’t make me think of him
Yeah, but it makes me think about Donald Duck
I think of a rarely seen side character from a rather obscure British sitcom
Not at this time, but if he were to create such damage that it impacts a generation and unanimously agreed as a villain then at that point the name Donald will be associated with him. Ex: the name Adolf is associated with Adolf Hitler.
yeah but that happened like once
Osama and Mao, but yes it’s increasingly rare. I think we tend to associate historic people with their last names more than their first names.
Mao was his surname.
I keep forgetting that Asia mostly have the family name first. But Osama still stands.
yeah, for most of the western world that was the first time we’d heard that name.
Donald as a baby name has been steadily dropping in popularity since at least 2000.
You need to search here (can’t directly link the result):
My link was bad. This should be closer.
https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/rankchange.html
It quickly reversed in 2022. More likely a statistical anomaly. Why not go up in 2016 to 2020?
Hey, whoa! C’mon now. We don’t know that’s yhe reason. Retro cartoons are on the rise. So much so that MeTV just launched a retro cartoons network called “MeToons”.
How do we know it’s not because of Donald Duck???
#MeToons
uh, oh! hugged to death!
This website is temporarily unavailable. So I can’t check their source. How do they claim to be representative across the whole of whatever region they’re polling?
It’s not from polling. It’s from the Social Security Administration. I gave a better link in a different fork of this comment thread.
Edit: It’s for USA and anyone who applied for an SSN. So everyone but some off-the-grid nutters.
Data Source
All names are from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States after 1879. Note that many people born before 1937 never applied for a Social Security card, so their names are not included in our data. For others who did apply, our records may not show the place of birth, and again their names are not included in our data. All data are from a 100% sample of our records on Social Security card applications as of March 2024.
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Which I never understood. Khaleesi was her title, not her name.
It´s equivalent-ish to naming a kid King or Czar or something.It’s even worse, because my understanding is that “Khaleesi” doesn’t actually mean “queen”, but would more accurately mean “concubine/wife of the king/khal”. I believe the queenship is only implied after the death of the khal.
Donald means something like “ruler of the world,” so not far off.
My niece named her daughter after Bella from Twilight. At least her full name is Isabella, but the inspiration is there.
Tell her to tell people she’s named after the Phineas and Ferb character. There’s zero down side.
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A lot of us jumped on the fad of naming our daughters after Game of Thrones characters, especially the ones popular in the earlier seasons. And then D and D came along as show runners, and fucking wrecked everything for our baby girls. So Hodor, I regret getting sucked into that show and hope you’ll forgive me one day.
My son Ghsrrfgff really hates me 😢
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I don’t think people 20+ years from now will instantly jump to Trump when they hear Donald. Just like how if you meet George you don’t think of Bush.
I would suspect that people can do basic math and realize why someone was named Donald if they’re born near today. It might not immediately jump to mind, but it also wouldn’t be subtle. I would bet no one else is naming their child Donald unless it’s a family name.
Reminds me of that other name that kind of just withered away. What was it?
Oh yeah…
Adolf.
I’m sure it’ll be making a comeback soon…
Heil Trump 🙋♂️, amirite?
It was a perfectly good name until that no-talent ass-clown ran for president.
Nice. Office Space reference.
Why should I change my name, he’s the one who sucks
They’ll make lovely couples with the girls named Khaleesi
Why though? Glover is cool.
He’s not too happy that his parents named him “Don Glover” (dong lover) though.
One man’s dong lover is another man’s Don G. Lover…
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There were a lot of German boys called Adolf back then…
I feel bad saying it but a lot of them probably aren’t vaccinated, so
A lot.
All of them.
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Last few years, but named Donald? They were horny for Trump. Last few decades? Still could be horny for Trump @_@!
If there is USB I wonder why there is no ChinaB
