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When you give your children names inspired by Nazism, you are pretty much asking for trouble. Finding your kids shunned and rejected by mainstream society would seem to be an obvious consequence of saddling them with such names, right? I guess 35-year-old Heath Campbell wasn't smart enough to have seen that coming when he named his children Adolf Hitler, JoyceLynn Aryan Nation and Honszlynn Hinler.Campbell, a self-proclaimed Holocaust denier, is outraged that the ShopRite grocery store in Holland Township, New Jersey refuses to make a cake that reads "Adolf Hitler" for his 3-year-old's birthday. Campbell's wife, 25-year-old Deborah is equally surprised. "ShopRite can't even make a cake for a 3-year-old," she said. "That's sad."
No, what is sad is that these two don't even appreciate what those names will mean for their children. The kids haven't started school yet, but when they do, their parents don't foresee any problems at all. "I just figured that they're just names," Deborah Campbell said. "They're just kids. They're not going to hurt anybody."
Top Baby Names 2008
The results are in and the top baby names for 2008 have been determined according to Babycenter.com. And despite the celebrity weirdness of late (Zuma Nesta Rock? Bronx Mowgli?) average parents are sticking with average names for their offspring.
For boys, Aiden retained his spot as the number one name (a position held since 2005), followed by Jayden, Ethan and Jacob. For the girls, Emma made a return to the number one position, knocking off last year's Sophia and beating out Isabella and Olivia. Seeing as how this was an election year, it isn't surprising to find that presidential names were popular with lots of boys being named Jackson and Tyler and girls getting Madison, Taylor and Kennedy.
Babycenter's editor-in-chief, Linda Murray says the results show a trend toward classic and old-fashioned names. "Times have changed and people are taking the world more seriously, affected by what is going on the world," she said.
Yes, it seems that most parents don't want their children being teased and chose names that would reflect something positive about them. For boys, parents said they wanted names that represented strength, kindness and compassion, compared to the strength and individuality they were going for in 2007. For girls, parents were looking for something that expressed kindness, compassion, intelligence and strength. Last year, they were looking for femininity and individuality.
I can't help but notice that for both boys' and girls' names, parents seem to have lost the desire for names that express individuality. Why do you suppose that is?
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9. Logan
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8. Jack
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7. Noah
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6. Jackson
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Clinical psychologist Robert M. Gordon disagrees. "By the time they get to school, they will already have been damaged," he said. "Any parent that would impose such horrific names on their children is mentally ill, and they would be affecting their children from the day they were born. Only a crazy person would do that."
In the meantime, little Adolf Hitler will get his birthday cake. The Campbells are taking their request to Wal-Mart, where Adolf's last two birthday cakes were made without any fuss.
| Yes. It's not his fault his parents are clueless. | |
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| No. His name is offensive and just plain wrong. |











ReaderComments (Page 1 of 23)
12-16-2008 @ 2:20PM
Nicola said...Good lord. Read the whole story. These parents are the antithesis of "fine upstanding American citizens". And as for the cake issue, they're just trying to mix it up. Who had a birthday cake with their first AND middle name on it? Wouldn't his cake simply say "Adolf". Doesn't sound like anyone would be attending the party anyway. These are a strange bunch.
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12-17-2008 @ 6:33AM
helen lowe said...How old are you? Do you think they named the child that only to use part of the name?
12-17-2008 @ 8:16AM
edrevs1981 said...This is where extremists come from! An adult brainwashes an easily influenced child and pounds their own beliefs into the childs head, and by the time this child is an adult there will be no name change...he will be just as hateful as his parents. When he goes on his killing spree, maybe he'll start with them.
12-17-2008 @ 11:58AM
Pete Welsh said...Anybody that thinks the Holocost didn't happen are the same people that think O.J. Simpson didn't commit murder. Enough said.
12-17-2008 @ 10:01AM
Erin M. said...I agree! This is outrageous. Besides the obvious, there are so many things wrong with this. Good point with wondering who puts a first and middle name on a cake. That seems like someone was just looking for attention... so so sad for their children.
It almost seems unfair that someone can't name their child "7" or something, but somehow Adolf Hitler was acceptable.
Go figure!!!
Erin
12-17-2008 @ 10:36AM
Debbie said...What frightens me is the number of people who share the same ideals and may attend. Nothing like a KKK rally at your 3 yr old's birthday party. Scary, just plain scary. These young people are intitled to their opinions about what did and did not happen long before they were born but to inflict such damage on their child, without ever having to raise a hand...
12-17-2008 @ 11:55AM
lionfish said...Considering the economic situation its just stupid not to sell a cake.I dont care what it says as long as I have a sale thats whats important who the hell cares what a persons name is you bunch of losers
12-17-2008 @ 12:03PM
michele said...if these people honestly think that those names are "just names" and won't do a disservice to their children in the future, they are crazy. too bad they didn't name them names like "mike hunt," "seymour weiner," and "allotta fagina." ridiculous. (btw, i just read another article about this and it said that dad, heath campbell, can't work because he has emphysema at age 35...i'm willing to bet he is a smoker who is still smoking too...and mom, deborah, can't work because she has a bad back at age 25...and they are living on social security. i'm sure their poor children won't be able to work when they come to be of age to work because no one is going to want to hire "adolf hitler" and his siblings! wastes of life these people are!!!)
12-17-2008 @ 1:05PM
Chris said...Michelle-
I have a very good friend named Mike Hunt. His name is actually Michael, and he goes by Michael to most of the world, but close friends and family call him Mike. Its never been a big deal for him. Sure, some people teased him in high school, but he used it to his advantage and won senior class president. Now, naming a child Adolf Hitler- that is insane.
12-17-2008 @ 1:35PM
Ashley said...Well...I think these people actually want the first and middle name, theyre proud of their ignorance and hatred, why wouldnt they want to show it off to the rest of the world? Plus theres a huge possibility that some of the people who work there are probably Jewish. If I worked there, I wouldnt want to put the full name on there but I wouldnt want to ruin a childs birthday.
And I'm pretty sure that by the time these kids get to school, they'll be proud of their names. The parents are obvious racists, their kids will be full of hate by the time they get to school, and they'll most likely be homeschooled.
12-17-2008 @ 1:49PM
Ashley said...I've had my daughters first & middle name's on her birthday cakes, but it's Heaven Leigh, not at all the same as naming your child after one of the most evil men in history. People that teach hate have no buisness raising children. I hope those kids grow up to realize their parents are full of shit, but odds are, they'll grow up just like 'em.
12-17-2008 @ 7:39PM
Robin DeWitt said...I started to vote yes because it's not the kid's fault that he has cretins for parents. On reflection I realized that the cake's inscription was for the parents and their, to me, wrong headed philosophy. The kid is three years old, for god's sake. He can't even read. I am greatly angered at the parents because no matter what their core beliefs are it is unfair to name a child such a terrible moniker. Unless they plan to home school the kids and live in a nest these Aryan vipers the children are in for a world of hurt as they grow up.
Robin DeWitt
12-23-2008 @ 7:30AM
Joe said...Has anyone ever said, " We reap what we sow" It seems to me as a society for all of our amazing things we have created in the past 60 years such as, computers, space program, 2 cents a minute phone calls, but we also created an education system that is a failure, freeloading is acceptable (we call it wellfare to make those who use it feel good). Being ripped off by local, state & federal gov. officials. Laughed at by the globe because more people know who Jerry Springer is than the president of thier own country. And now people on AOL really think that I am going to care if some of these same people who don't participate in voting or raising kids with values, they have allowed him and now his wife and 3 kids to exist in the cracks of society for 35 years without saying peep, he names his kid Adolf Hitler, now you want me to do something about it today. Now I know what Noah felt like when he was building his ark.
12-23-2008 @ 7:31AM
JO ANN said...YOU ANSWER IS RIGHT ON THE MARK. WE HAVE A LOT OF STRANGE (AND DANGEROUS) PEOPLE OUT THERE.
12-31-2008 @ 4:44PM
RWVBrown said...There will be more people at that party than any of us would care to know......
1-15-2009 @ 2:04PM
megasmom said...It amazes me more and more....the utter stupidity of some parents. Some of the names people have been coming up with...it makes me ill. Next thing you know some idiot will name their child "Taliban". What happened to normal names, are we really that bored that we need to impose our idiocy upon our poor kids? I guess we can go to The Manson Family for our names for our unsuspecting children. How about borrowing Susan Adkin's little boy's name? Zee Zo Zecee Zadfrack!! Now there's a name! Luckily some nice people adopted him, I believe his new name was something normal like Paul or something.
12-16-2008 @ 2:37PM
Sabrina said...It's not the kids' fault their parents did this to them. Little Adolph deserves to have his cake. However, I can't understand why they want his middle name on there too, unless it's to cause just this type of reaction from people. Poor babies, I hope they get to change their names and don't grow up to be like their parents.
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12-17-2008 @ 8:42AM
Kkay said...You are right Sabrina it is not the kids fault, but the parents to me wanted problems! This type of Craziness sounds like "white american wannabe skinheads." The parents knew good-in-well what they were doing. Just trying to be hateful, by naming there child a name that send chills to every right mined person. A name that affected so many people's lives in a bad way! Now the kid has to suffer! Just think of the kid in school or on a job. It is not going to be pretty.
12-19-2008 @ 5:21AM
vicki70 said...If i was the person writing on the cake i would question to myself why am i writing this do i really have to ? There are people in life that wuold be highly affended by those people what if they were jewish or realated to some jews or something like that . It would not ruin that childs" birthday they cuold have taken it home wrote on it them selves for a three old kid who would have no idea if he were older he has to learn some how its not good to go thruogh life that way so send a message to the parents dodnt write on the cake it is like a protest.
12-16-2008 @ 3:03PM
Karen said...I'm all for business having the right to refuse business, and I'm all for taking a stand - AGAINST ADULTS, but not children.
Of course they want the full name on there. They named this child adolph hitler for the reactions, and now they are getting it.
But there are plenty of nut cases out there just like them.
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