See the results of this poll: Adolf or Ashley - which is the lesser of the two evils for a boy?
Respondents: 144 (This poll is closed)
- Adolf: 8 (6%)
- Ashley: 136 (94%)
If those were my two choicesā¦ without question it would be [name]Ashley[/name].
The association with Hitler is reason enough for me.
Iād rather have a feminine association than a mass murderer association any day.
[name]Ashley[/name]. I agree with the previous posters, there is NO way that Iād name a son [name]Adolf[/name] while knowing that heād share a name with Hitler. [name]Ashley[/name] does sound girly, but he could always go by [name]Ash[/name] or somethingā¦
[name]Adolf[/name] will never be separated from Hitler. Itās unfortunate because itās kind of a cool name, and itās even my husbandās great and great-great grandfatherās middle names. But itās simply unusable. If your childās name is strongly associated with someone else, you want it to be someone great. I canāt imagine how terrible it would be to go through life as [name]Adolph[/name].
[name]Ashley[/name] is originally a boys name. Itās still fairly popular for girls, but [name]Asher[/name] and [name]Ashton[/name] are for boys, so itās not so bad. He would just have to explain to everyone that questions his name that it was originally for boys! Or it could say, āWell it was between [name]Ashley[/name] and [name]Adolf[/name], so I think I made out OK.ā
[name]Ashley[/name]ā¦Iām from SC. I know a ton of boy Ashleys.
I love [name]Ashley[/name] for a boy so that would be my pick. Itās so much more attracive on a boy.
i love [name]Ashley[/name] for a boy. i think itās time the boys took back all their names! ([name]Whitney[/name], [name]Morgan[/name], [name]Adrian[/name], etcā¦)
[name]Ashley[/name]ā¦ For all the reasons listed above!
[name]ALFRED[/name]! 
Haha, just kidding. 
Since Iām such a fan of [name]Lindsay[/name] on a boy, itās no surprise that Iād go with [name]Ashley[/name]. If he was uncomfortable with his name Iād nn him [name]Ash[/name] or [name]Lee[/name].
I think itās a sad, sad world when parents would rather their son be named after a mass-murdering f*ckhead than be perceived as āfeminineā.
[name]Ashley[/name]. Never would I ever even CONSIDER that as a possible name. Like the other nameberries have said, I would rather my son have a āfeminineā name than have a name stained with the image of a true monster.
Oh, definitely [name]Ashley[/name]! I could call him [name]Ash[/name] and it wouldnāt be a big deal at all!
Most everyone above the age of ten nowadays associated [name]Adolf[/name] with Hitler, and that just isnāt an okay association. I doubt it will ever be lived down, and I wouldnāt want to deal with the questions and stares when I announce my childās name and get responses like, ā[name]Adolf[/name]? As in HITLER?!?ā Yeah, not gonna happenā¦
[name]Lemon[/name] 
Definitely [name]Ashley[/name]! It is cruel and unusual to name a boy [name]Adolf[/name]. Sure, he may get teased for having a girls name if you go with [name]Ashley[/name], but if you name him [name]Adolf[/name] he will be teased for one of the largest massacres in human history! Also, if he finds his name to feminine he oculd easily be [name]Ash[/name] or [name]Lee[/name] or go by his middle name! Plus, maybe [name]Ashley[/name] wil come back as āvintageā one day!
Omigosh! Name a kid ā[name]Adolf[/name]ā and this is what youāll wind up with:
āEveryone gets the same size desk, Lāil Hitler.ā
ā [name]Nephele[/name]
I second that.
I replied in the girl name thread that I had a really hard time with this. I saw a picture somewhere on the internet several months ago of a nursery school class, where in the background, there were small plastic baskets with kidsā names labeled on them, and one of them was [name]Adolph[/name]. I donāt personally like the sound of the name, but in that context, it just seemed rather ordinary if a little eccentric. It didnāt strongly associate with the genocider for me because you could see this circle of children sitting and listening to story time. I also think of [name]Dolph[/name] Lundgren, I think of it as a name a lot of people have. Then I think of [name]Harpo[/name] [name]Marx[/name] reputedly changing his name from [name]Adolph[/name] due to the association with Hitler as a very strong case for avoiding it. I found out that he just didnāt like his name instead. Did Adolph 'Harpo' Marx Change His Name Because of Hitler? | Snopes.com Ironically, I had first heard this from none other than [name]Penn[/name] [name]Jillette[/name], debunker of Bull$k/7, father of [name]Moxie[/name] CrimeFighter and [name]Zoltan[/name] ?, and itās actually not true why A. ā[name]Harpo[/name]ā [name]Marx[/name] changed his name to [name]Arthur[/name], which is not to say he wouldnāt have changed it then if he had not changed it much earlier, but itās impossible to know.
Anyway, [name]Ash[/name] is an ok nickname if you have to live with [name]Ashley[/name], but I do not consider [name]Ashley[/name] a boysā or mansā name in the least. I realize it was āstolen.ā I realize some places use it or reclaim it or do not have a lot of female Ashleys to make the name too sweet and girly. I also realize I like a lot more unisex names for girls in theory, as well as strongly not mind names ending in -son used for girls in the usage of surnames for given names. I usually do not like the softer side of boys names at all and favor standard masculine names, itās just my taste. Iāve also said before a few times that someday, there will be no āstealing,ā everyone will just give in and pick from one big no-gender pile. No feminized versions for girls, boys will be [name]Lisa[/name] and [name]Kate[/name] as often as they are [name]John[/name] and [name]Michael[/name], and nobody will fret over why there are too many girls named [name]Cameron[/name] to choose it for their son. Utopia.
Anyway, [name]Ashley[/name]. Itās not that boys canāt like flowers, but I really strongly associate the name [name]Ashley[/name] with the [name]Laura[/name] [name]Ashley[/name] sundresses and bedding suites. Teeny tiny flowers smacked all over everything. I know it was her last name to boot, but still. Itās not just feminine for me, itās too girly for a girl even. And yet some people really want their little girls with their princess ballerina names. If the choice was [name]Adolf[/name] or [name]Sophia[/name], I would probably choose [name]Sophia[/name], which is feminine but not flowery or frilly to me. If instead of [name]Sophia[/name], [name]Isabella[/name], then I would be stuck again. The hyper-feminine names suffocate me too much.
I could call him [name]Ash[/name], and while thatās Evil Dead cool on one hand (well a severed arm thatās replaced with a machine gun), itās also that pukey stuff in the ashtray, burnt stuff. Gross. It also goes back to the girl question, e.g. [name]Benjamin[/name] or Ayllyzhabith. Masculine or Tryndee. I leaned toward the masculine, but I feel like itās a copout to suppose we could call her [name]Bennie[/name], or how about [name]Minnie[/name], or [name]Jamie[/name], anything but the proper [name]Benjamin[/name] (in that survey, examples were given but not outright choice between this or that). Calling boy [name]Ashley[/name] ā[name]Ash[/name]ā so I could live with it would be similar. I found this a really conflicting set of questions, since I consider [name]Ashley[/name] so much more feminine than I can tolerate for a boy or girl, while I had an easier time choosing a straight-up masculine name for a girl. I did not easily dismiss the association with Hitler, but when it comes right down to it, I can mentally disassociate it while not ignoring or dismissing what he had done. Iām sure millions of people share this name who arenāt in the KKK and are normal friendly people. Likewise, [name]Ashley[/name], I suppose. I am completely glad that these arenāt the last two names in the world and nobody is pointing a gun at my head asking me this poll question. I cannot very easily explain why the flower-patterned sheets and matching curtains and matching nightgown and matching bathrobe really dwell on my mind for a boy named [name]Ashley[/name] (or a girl), where I can look at a boy named [name]Adolf[/name] and while not forgetting in any way the Holocaust, consider it a valid name as long as you are not rearing him to be hateful. Kind of a heavy name to bear, and not either my style at all, Hitler or not, but I can work with it somehow. I think I would rather not choose either, if possible, but I definitely cannot go with [name]Ashley[/name]. Iām sure if the survey were recast with a different boys-name-to-girls like [name]Madison[/name] or [name]Leslie[/name] or such, or even a straight-up girls name like [name]Katherine[/name] or [name]Brittany[/name], see, no floral overkill for me to contend with. Much easier.
[name]Ashley[/name] was first a boys name and the southern sons name of [name]Scarlett[/name] Oā[name]Hara[/name]'s untouchable first love! [name]Love[/name] [name]Ashley[/name] for a boy!
[name]Adolf[/name] on the other handā¦
[name]Adolf[/name]. Not because Iād not want my son being āfeminineā but just because I love the name
Of course I wouldnāt actually ever have to make this choice so I wouldnāt have to worry about the connotations in the outside world 
[name]Ashley[/name]. same reasons.
my 6 yr old son has a good friend at school named [name]Adolf[/name]ā¦ive always wondered why his parents chose to name him thisā¦they are a hispanic family and dont speak much english so i dont know if its a cultural thingā¦but how could it beā¦surely they know who hitler is and what he did
I think [name]Ashley[/name] on a boy is quite handsome. I know a few male [name]Ashley[/name]'s and personally, I would use [name]Ashley[/name] on a boy before I would use it on a girl or [name]Ashton[/name] or [name]Asher[/name] on a boy. I really hope one day it does go back to the boys.