THE MEANING OF DONALD TRUMP’S NAME AND SURNAME
Recently numerous news websites have published articles on the pre-immigration spelling of Donald Trump’s surname, Drumpf. They correctly point out that the English translation of this German word is trump card; ironic given the man’s heavy involvement with gambling enterprises. But the real origin of Trump’s name is less bombastic.
Donald: Trump’s forename is Scottish. His mother, born Mary Anne MacLeod, immigrated to the United States from Stornoway, a large, sparsely-populated island off the coast of Scotland. Mary had an older brother, Donald MacLeod, and grandfather, Donald Smith. Donald is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic name, Domhanll, which means world-ruler.
John: Trump’s middle name is the English derivative of the Hebrew name, Yohanan, which means Graced by Yahweh. Yahweh was a god in the pantheon of the ancient Canaanite religion and later the monotheistic god of the Judeo-Christian tradition.
Trump: Donald Trump’s father was a German immigrant. When he arrived in the United States, he spelled his surname, Drumpf, but Anglicized it to Trump. His earliest known ancestor was a lawyer, Hans Drumpf. This shifting of d to t in German has been common, e.g. vader (English: father). Drumpf is a corruption of Trumpf, which is derived from the German word, trumme, meaning drummer. It is likely that one of Trump’s paternal ancestors was a military drummer, used set marching pace and communicate other orders.
Thus Donald Trump’s full name literally means: the ruler of the world, graced by God and a descendant of a drummer.
http://forebears.io/news/the-meaning-of-donald-trumps-name-and-surname
H/T stars & stripes forever
On this thread:
Why I Believe Trump Is the Prophesied President
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3480954/posts
I did not know that his father’s surname was spelled “Drumpf”...I have seen this spelling in the various Internet posts of many who hate Trump, I see now that this is an obvious dog whistle for anti-German prejudice...WWII has been over for almost three quarters of a century, and today’s Germans are on their best behavior...So get over it, Trump haters and worry instead what will happen to Germany when the MUSLIMS take over!!!