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, for 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
I wonder how many US babies have been named Donald in the last few years and may live to regret it.
Submitted 3 months ago by snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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pelletbucket@lemm.ee 3 months ago
tautalas@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yeah, but it makes me think about Donald Duck
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 months ago
I think of a rarely seen side character from a rather obscure British sitcom
Sensitivezombie@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
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.
Valmond@lemmy.world 3 months ago
What about Donald Fuck?
AmidFuror@fedia.io 3 months ago
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):
snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 3 months ago
AmidFuror@fedia.io 3 months ago
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?
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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???
EleventhHour@lemmy.world 3 months ago
uh, oh! hugged to death!
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 3 months ago
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?
AmidFuror@fedia.io 3 months ago
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.
greenshirtdenimjeans@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Remember when Khaleesi was a popular name?
FiskFisk33@startrek.website 3 months ago
Which I never understood. Khaleesi was her title, not her name.
It´s equivalent-ish to naming a kid King or Czar or something.southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Like Cesar, or Roy, or Regis, etc.
Chozo@fedia.io 3 months ago
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.
AllYourSmurf@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Donald means something like “ruler of the world,” so not far off.
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 3 months ago
My niece named her daughter after Bella from Twilight. At least her full name is Isabella, but the inspiration is there.
db2@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Tell her to tell people she’s named after the Phineas and Ferb character. There’s zero down side.
MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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.
madcaesar@lemmy.world 3 months ago
My son Ghsrrfgff really hates me 😢
greenshirtdenimjeans@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
I like the name actually and don’t think it’s bad at all. The shower thought OP posted just reminded me of it. This dothraki female liberator saving her people —-> dragon firing everyone lol
I don’t think Khaleesi or Donald are going to be names that are dunked on in the future, at least not that badly.
FireTower@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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.
ech@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Yeah, Adolf really doesn’t bring anyone notable to mind.
FireTower@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Trump may be a very poor candidate, but he didn’t kill 13 million people.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
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.
victorz@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Reminds me of that other name that kind of just withered away. What was it?
Oh yeah…
Adolf.
Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
I’m sure it’ll be making a comeback soon…
victorz@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Heil Trump 🙋♂️, amirite?
EnderLaw@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It was a perfectly good name until that no-talent ass-clown ran for president.
ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Why should I change my name, he’s the one who sucks
beefbaby182@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Nice. Office Space reference.
Stern@lemmy.world 3 months ago
They’ll make lovely couples with the girls named Khaleesi
not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Why though? Glover is cool.
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 3 months ago
He’s not too happy that his parents named him “Don Glover” (dong lover) though.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 months ago
One man’s dong lover is another man’s Don G. Lover…
intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Depends on how far y’all’s Trump derangement syndrome goes. Don’t tell me you’re actually considering taking it out on kids named Donald
Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I wouldn’t say anyone would take it out on them. But I can imagine growing up and hating your own name. I sympathize because I hate my first and middle name equally.
Matt@lemdro.id 3 months ago
I can understand Nuke, but what do you have against The?
Persen@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Well, we found the Donald Hitler.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Why do you hate your first name?
lud@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Bullies absolutely will.
card797@champserver.net 3 months ago
A lot.
Nougat@fedia.io 3 months ago
All of them.
todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 3 months ago
snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 months ago
There were a lot of German boys called Adolf back then…
cashmaggot@piefed.social 3 months ago
Last few years, but named Donald? They were horny for Trump. Last few decades? Still could be horny for Trump @_@!
boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 3 months ago
If there is USB I wonder why there is no ChinaB
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
My cousin Donald now goes by his middle name.
His quote: “man, fuck that yankee piece of shit.”
snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Too bad his middle name is Elon. 😒
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Ima start calling him that lol
dogsnest@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Half of voting Americans think you’re a fascist, Chinese bot.
Or a woke commie queer groomer in drag.
snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 3 months ago
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Why not both?
I mean, I can be a woke queer, fascist, Chinese groomer in drag that’s a bot, can’t I? It’s a free country ;)
garbagebagel@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Woke commie queer is my middle name
robocall@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Trump isn’t a proper representation of a New Yorker. I doubt he even likes baseball.
kiwifoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yankee is a nickname for all Americans in the rest of the world.
Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I still don’t understand how a bunch of Southern, trailer park rednecks who hate new York city rich people, decided that a Manhattan millionaire was the guy to vote for. Why do they think he’s anything like them or has why idea how they live? He’s literally a northern, cartoonish carpet bagger.
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 3 months ago
I’m guessing either a brit, an aussie who hates rhyming slang, or a VERY unwilling to adapt southerner.
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Huh?