Or has it become taboo like “Adolf” in Anglophone countries?
Also, in Mexico we had two very popular Adolfos as presidents: Adolfo Ruiz Cortines (1952-58) and Adolfo López Mateos (1958-64), so if you meet a Mexican named Adolfo, chances are he was named after one of them. It’s commonly used as a middle name as well, as in Gustavo Adolfo.
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Became taboo in Brazil.
Not since… you know…
Nah, it’s not taboo, just not very popular
quite common
Yes
Here they’ll straight up name children “Hitler”
I have met people called Adolfo, but it is not very common.
BTW Brazil, can you explain this?
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No, it’s an old fashion name but one of my best friends is called Adolfo after his grandfather. So you can still hear it but it’s not common.
It isn’t common, but it isn’t taboo either.
Not taboo but it sounds old, so you don’t have many Adolfos popping around
It hasn’t ever been common to start with.
i think is just a “old” name,
My friend has that name in Mexico he’s 31
haven’t met an adolfo, but will never forget meeting a HITLER SEGUNDO in ecuador. I’ll also never forget his creepy blue eyes.
from what I’ve seen it’s just an old name, which you’ll only see for people in their 40s and up, the father of an acquaintance of mine is called Adolfo
Yes, but for the generation above 40s today. My uncle is Called Adolfo and two professors of mine are Adolfos.
It sounds like an old name. Way older than 40, maybe 60 and up. I don’t think I’ve ever met one.
Just old fashioned, there are plenty of names like that nowadays. People aren’t dumb to assume that someone named their child Adolfo in hopes that he becomes another austrian painter.
Yes have tíos and primos named Adolfo
Its coming back!!
It’s old man name. I knew an Adolfo many years ago and he was Jew, though he was born before the 2nd WW
Its a name of old people that today its already dead.My greatgrandma brother was Adolfo. Also there was a writer Adolfo Bioy Casares. But its an old name from early XX century.You can,t find young people that have that name
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It isn’t common because is an ugly name not because of that guy
Not super common. But it’s still used.
OTOH, we had a city election where the two candidates were named Hitler and Lenin
Never been taboo, its just not popular
There are several famous Adolfos besides Hitler, and to begin with, I feel like Hitler is only one more dictator in the eyes of Colombians, so it’s not a big deal or a taboo. It’s just an old name, like Rodrigo, so it’s uncommon.
I have one cousin named that. He’s the only one I’ve ever met.
No, it’s not common.
Old man name. Also Spain has a bit of a different story as Adolfo Suárez was the first president of Spain post dictatorship
Not taboo, but not popular. I’ve met a couple.
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Adolfo Gaich, jugador de fútbol argentino.
Creo que el único Adolfo que conozco con vida en Argentina.
Not anymore but it is my grandpa’s middle name
I had a friend called Rodolfo while growing up
More common on little towns far from main cities, and specially in older folks. No one is naming their kids Adolfo. Is usually David, Santiago, Matías and like a handful more.
I used to have a boss at work named Adolfo lol, he was a great dude tho
Yes, it pairs well as a middle name. I.e. Gustavo Adolfo, Octavio Adolfo, Jose Adolfo…and so on.
There was a german reestaurant in Rio de Janeiro, prior WWII and the ascension on Nazism called “Bar do Adolfo”, “Adolfo’s Bar”.
During the WWII peopole invaded the restaurant and broke everything inside. They since changed their name to “Bar Brasil”.
Adolfo is common. The last name not as much
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Not so popular but very common among the elderly, nowadays that name belongs to people of 50 years old onwards.
Not at all. If we eliminated names based on horrible people in the past then half the names in Latin America would cease to exist.
That’s an old person name, nobody really names their kids that anymore. I had an optometrist his name was Adolfo and he was ancient.
We had a president named Adolfo Rodriguez Saa. He lasted about two weeks. Besides him, I can’t think of anyone called like that.
It’s not common anymore, but not because it’s taboo, but rather because it’s definitely an “old man” name. There are public figures named that and nobody bats an eye at the name itself.
For what it’s worth I met an Adolfo about 14 years ago… some 8 yo kid lol
Afaik it was never a popular name in Venezuela or Argentina
I am from Mexico, I know quite a few Adolfos, and I seriously doubt they were named after a former president.
Seriously, some questions and posts I see here leave me speechless.
I met a boy named Adolfo recently, but it is not a common name and most people called that are already very old.
Haven’t heard that name in a long time
This brings up another question, did the name Alfredo come after the pasta dish and do people named Alfredo know they’re named after Pasta Alfredo?
My uncle is in his 50s and has it as a second name, I think it’s the only person I’ve met that has that name.
Old people and second names “Juan Adolfo ….” (we have 2 names and 2 lastnames). Adolfo is not common here.
It’s not as used today but mostly because it sounds like an old man’s name, but it’s not uncommon. My cousin’s second name is Adolfo and he’s just 27, for example.
I don’t think people hear “Adolfo” and think of Hitler here, to be honest neither world war had much of a direct impact in the country so most Dominicans see them as very distant events and have a very superficial understanding of them. We also didn’t have much German immigration like Argentina, so we just have very little connection to that context.
Not common, but not taboo either. Usually Adolfos are over 50 years old
Rodolfo more common
It’s not common, but it’s also not associated with Hitler, so it does exist here and there unlike “Adolf” in English.
No.
In Spain 🇪🇸, Adolfo is a common name, a bit old-fashioned. It is not taboo because many other persons used this name in our culture like Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
I’ve wondered about this. My ex’s Cuban dad’s name was Gustavo Adolfo. He was also born in the 50s after hitler.
Idk, but I had a Mexican professor called Lenin
while isn’t taboo, is an uncommon name.
here the statistics:
https://nombres.datos.gob.ar/nombre/adolfo/2015#seccion2