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I wonder how many US babies have been named Donald in the last few years and may live to regret it. (lemmy.world)
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[–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Osama and Mao, but yes it's increasingly rare. I think we tend to associate historic people with their last names more than their first names.

[–] pelletbucket@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Mao was his surname.

[–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I keep forgetting that Asia mostly have the family name first. But Osama still stands.

[–] pelletbucket@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

yeah, for most of the western world that was the first time we'd heard that name.