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I hope Germans are smarter than that. Also, Daniel is not the most German name they could have found, I am sure a Klaus or a Reinhardt would have worked better. Unless Daniel is an American employee conceived in Germany by his parents and the tagline refers to him.
Also, here in Denmark and in Italy Coca-Cola relies on local bottling companies who would surely lose volumes, but those would be also freed up for local or do-good alternatives, such as Fritz Cola (which is very good in it's zero calories version) and Gaza Cola (yeah, that's probably never gonna happen in Germany, but still a good example).
You think that Daniel is "not the most German name" but suggest Klaus or Reinhardt is more representative? What else, should he wear Lederhosen?
I don't know how accurate this website is, but forebears.io has a list of common German names, and the top three are: Peter, Michael, and Wolfgang. Daniel was listed as 171st most popular.
I was kind of expecting that question, there is actually an official listing of the most popular German names for babies every year. Goes back a few decades: https://gfds.de/vornamen/beliebteste-vornamen/#topten
Daniel is among the top ten in almost every year up to 2000. After that it is other names taking over but I didn't check where Daniel lands, might have been top 20 or top 50 still.
Seeing as the guy in the ad is not likely under 20, Daniel isn't a weird choice of a name. Certainly better than Klaus or Reinhardt.
That list is almost exclusively old fashioned names, which, combined with the website name makes me wonder if theyโre scraping obituaries for the names. Iโve lived here for most of a decade and Iโve never met a Wolfgang or Ursula under 60 (actually of the top ten, I only know young people named Michael, Peter, Thomas, and Maria). I do know several older Wolfgangs and Helgas, so they certainly were common names at one point-the data might just be 80 years delayed. Actually going through it, all of my husbandโs older family membersโ names are in the top thirty. (Edit: also no idea how accurate this list is, but the most popular names from the 50s are all the same as on the other list, so I suspect it is just gathering data upon death)
I know at least five Daniels in their 20s and 30s though. Iโm a) an immigrant, and b) just going off of my own experience, so take that with a grain of salt.
Quick aside about Maria as a manโs name: itโs traditionally Austrian, afaik, and itโs more commonly a second name (like Rainer Maria Rilke), but thereโs no chance that 0% of the Marias in Germany are men.
Wolfgang is such a sick name
Yes, yes he should! :D
Honestly, that kind of ad campaign would be so ham-fisted it would be hilarious to watch.
Daniel can be plausibly American as easily as it can be German. Klaus or Reinhardt sounds American only if itโs someoneโs great-grandfather from before WW1, whose parents immigrated in 1848.
I mean, Daniel is a name that was given to 2 of my schoolmates in Italy. And it could be just as well be given to any American in the last 80 years if not more.
I know we all don't like stereotypes and that English is a Germanic language, but if you are trying to make the point that you are not American but German that is NOT the name I would have chosen.
I've been a proud supporter of nothing but Faxe Kondi since the orange clown got into office. Pretty much looked over all of my consumption habits.. something I should've done before but rather late than never
It's bottled locally in Germany as well. However all bottling plants that do, are owned by the bottler that is exclusively bottling Coke and other Coca-Cola Company products (and some others such as the energy drink Monster, but Coca-Cola has a stake in them).
That should not be allowed, IMHO. But I am a low-key Communist, so my humble opinions do not count in this world.