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Adolf was one of the most common names of all time in Germany before WWII. It was practically the "John" at that place.

Here's an interesting and semi-related story though. Back in pre-WWII Germany, there was this shoe company owned by two brothers: Adolf and Rudolph Dassler. Rudolph would later be arrested after WWII for supporting the Nazis or something like that, leaving Adolf to take up the shoe buisiness by himself. Adolf was a really infamous name thanks to Hitler though, so he went by the name "Adi" instead, as well as changing his company to "Adidas." When his brother got out of jail, he opened up his own shoe company which later became known as "Puma."