Adolf

Also Romansh:
Source: "Vornamen in der Schweiz. Prénoms en Suisse. I nomi in Svizzera. Prenoms in Svizra" (1993) published by the Association of Swiss registrars
Https://sursassiala.ch/2015/01/15/familienforschung/
Https://nossaistorgia.ch/entries/j4gVkoqVYAp
Https://www.portraitarchiv.ch/portrait?page=302

Hope this name comes back someday. The meaning is badass. It was also the name of my friend’s nice old grandfather, who was Jewish, as were many other pre-Hitler Adolfs. Shame he managed to steal this name from the Jews as well.

Also Luxembourgish: https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Weis
http://www.actioun-letzebuergesch.lu/virnimm.html

Also Estonian: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_(eesnimi)

Also Polish (though not used now for obvious reasons). [noted -ed]

A nice nickname for Adolf could be Addy.

I know why Joseph is still being used and Adolf isn't. In my opinion it's because Joseph is a common name. If Adolf had been so widely used, it would not stick in peoples minds as Hitlers name. If he had been Joseph Hitler, people would have continued naming children Joseph. If Stalin had been Adolf Stalin, nobody would name their child Adolf because of the association.

In 1890, Adolf was in thirteenth place in Germany. (Source: http://www.beliebte-vornamen.de/jahrgang/j1890).

Also a Hungarian name. Pronounced: AW-dolf. [noted -ed]

I'm german and it's correct that the name is no longer used in Germany (maybe some families do it "hidden" as a second or third name). But seriously, there are so many many bad people on this planet, people who rape children etc. Which I would consider the same bad as the "H-opath". And what about all the people who actually did the killings FOR the H-opath? They had all kinds of names which are still used. The person who led the line of jewish people into the gaschambers might have been Johann! And HOW MANY John's do we have on this planet and every year a few more? So even if I'm not a big fan of the name Adolf, simply because I don't like the sound of it, it's still an old name which was used for many generations before H-opath lived and had it! It should be used as it always was if somebody likes it!

Actually it is sad that this name is a taboo now. There were so many people bearing this name before Hitler. Even a Jewish politician in France, Adolf Cremie.

Also a masculine name in Slovenia.

Some nations (France and Norway for example) have otlawed the usage of this name after World War II. In Sweden it is a royal name and therefor hard to omit from calendars. Adolf still has his namesday, but it is only occasionally given as a middle name.