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Adolf Hitler Uunona, a Ompundja constituency councillor in the Oshana region, has removed the name ‘Hitler’ from his identity (ID) document.

He says he no longer wants to be known by his birth name.

Uunona has held his council seat since 2004, winning previous elections in 2015 and 2020 with a significant majority.

He has firmly distanced himself from Nazi ideology, saying his father named him without understanding the historical significance of the name.

In an interview with The Namibian on Wednesday, he said he prefers to go by the name ‘Adolf Uunona’ and says his name doesn’t reflect his character or ambitions.

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[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

I would've gotten rid of the name "Adolf" too if I were him.

[–] Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 33 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Adolf should be a perfectly fine name, don't let one asshole ruin it for everyone else.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 13 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

In Scandinavia, where it also refers to non-murderous historical figures, it’s more acceptable, though you still don’t see many younger Adolfs. Anywhere where the average person cannot name more than one Adolf, probably not. (In any German-speaking country, it’s probably a crime.)

Sort of like naming a kid Attila. It’s fine if you’re Hungarian, problematic otherwise.

[–] ptu@sopuli.xyz 4 points 22 hours ago

The mustache too

[–] Sunspear@piefed.social 8 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I mean I assume if you've lived 30+ years with your given first name, usually it's something that you associate with yourself a lot, why change it if that's who you imagine yourself to be

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago

After all, the other Adolf is the one who sucked.

[–] Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world 8 points 22 hours ago

Should Joseph be abandoned too because Stalin? Im jesting this isnt criticism