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I think you have good insight, and it's interesting to have an American perspective on which names are uniquely American. As for the likelihood of people being named after politicians in other countries, I work in development and I've lived in the US, Europe, Asia and Africa. In Asia, I'm embarrassed to admit I didn't know enough about the culture to be aware if someone was named after a political figure. If they were, I didn't notice. America is the only place where the association was quite clear. It was less common when I was there (in DC during the Bush administration) but I do recall the odd kid named Reagan and thinking it was a bit on the nose.

This message was edited 6/7/2025, 9:27 AM