Would you consider naming a child after a political/historical figure?

[Indy Texas]

If so, which one(s)?

[Goldwater]

The only people I know who did that were a little, er, weird... So because of that, I probably wouldn't do it.

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

I was considering naming my future sons Jack & Bobby.

[muon2]

Both of my children have names that are the same as English monarchs, and are in the current royal family. Then again, they both have relatively common names that also appear in our own ancestry.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

No, I want my children's names to belong to them.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Only after Captain James Tiberius Kirk.

[TDAS04]

Maybe a pet, but probably not a child. 

[Middle-aged Europe]

You mean like Indian politician Adolf Lu Hitler Marak?

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Ronald Reagan?

[Platypus]

Not intentionally, although I do suspect regal names will be used.

My mum and siblings got a bit of a whack of this: Christopher, Mary-Elizabeth, and Josephine... and not even a Catholic family.

[ilikeverin]

My great-grandpa (b. 1893) had the middle name "Cleveland", so I guess it's been done before in my family.  I'm not sure I have any particular interest in doing so for a contemporary political figure, but maybe someone historical.  I think "Eleanor" is a pretty name for a girl, and Eleanor Roosevelt was awesome.

[politicus]

Ronald Reagan?

Well, Cristiano Ronaldo is actually named after him.

I would consider Danish royal names like Christian and Valdemar, not otherwise.

The name Napoleon is oddly popuar on the Faroe Islands, and since they like to name children after older relatives they still have little boys with names like Napoleon Kallfinn Hansen, truly bizarre.

I had a friend whose grandfather was a well known Danish populist politician in the 50s named Viggo Starcke and she chose to call her son that to the despair of her father, who had been bullied all his childhood for being the son of said Viggo S.
Also one of my school mates was called Herluf Trolle after a 16th centurt Admiral, but it does sound weird if kids are being given names like Horatio Nelson, Jane Austen or William Pitt

[The Dowager Mod]

My oldest is named after Conaire Mór.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

No, I'm naming them after Atlas users.

[politicus]

No, I'm naming them after Atlas users.

So Antonio Sibboleth Nathan Alfred Jones?

[TNF]

Possibly, although I assume my SO will have the final say on it, so probably not, unless she liked the name and didn't really care about the political origins of it.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

No, I'm naming them after Atlas users.

Opebo Bush Oklahoma BRTD Jmfcst Gramps Afleitch will be made fun of in school, you know.

[DemPGH]

Henry, Richard, Edward, Elizabeth, Catherine . . . certainly.

[nolesfan2011]

absolutely

[H. Ross Peron]

Yes. Alexander Hamilton Cho has a nice ring to it.

[TJ in Oregon]

Not a political figure, but a historical figure certainly. I wouldn't name a child anything that isn't the name of a saint (maybe with a few exceptions such as Grace, Hope, etc.).

[The Simpsons Cinematic Universe]

I'm undecided between naming my kid Ragnar or Theodoric.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

The only reason I'd possibly consider avoiding naming my child Ignatius Donnelly K[REDACTED] is because of the initials, and I doubt those would present much trouble.

[DC Al Fine]

Not a political figure, but a historical figure certainly. I wouldn't name a child anything that isn't the name of a saint (maybe with a few exceptions such as Grace, Hope, etc.).

This, although I'd throw in a few prominent Protestants like Luther and Calvin. My fiance is fond of OT prophet names. Elijah and Ezra are on our shortlist. I have a distant relation whose name is John Wycliffe ______, so maybe I could do that.

[politicus]

Not a political figure, but a historical figure certainly. I wouldn't name a child anything that isn't the name of a saint (maybe with a few exceptions such as Grace, Hope, etc.).

This, although I'd throw in a few prominent Protestants like Luther and Calvin. My fiance is fond of OT prophet names. Elijah and Ezra are on our shortlist. I have a distant relation whose name is John Wycliffe ______, so maybe I could do that.

How about John Knox?