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Mercedes?

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UnimaginitiveDadThemedUsername · 27/07/2012 08:25

I'm starting to really like this name. And of course it always was a girl's name (the car being named after someone's daughter).

But is it actually possible to get past the whole car business? Would you be subjected to a lifetime of uninformed people hoiking up their judgey pants?

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Paiviaso · 27/07/2012 12:23

I don't think of the car, I think of tarty Mexican girls with oiled hair yelling, "Oy chica, did you touch my man?"

But since we are not in California I suppose most people will think of the car first...just curious, are you actually Hispanic?

LRDtheFeministDragon · 27/07/2012 12:21

Are you Spanish? If not I think it will sound a little odd, personally.

Do you not like Mercy as a name?

StunningCunt · 27/07/2012 12:19

smirk

rofl

lol

How about Skoda?

mumnosbest · 27/07/2012 12:16

love Sadie

scottishmummy · 27/07/2012 12:10

it's not uninformed at all,it's bleeding obvious
mercedes...car
if your so damn touchy and harrumphing about uninformed and hoiking of pants I'd suggest avoid the bbbrrrmmm brrrmm name

HappyCamel · 27/07/2012 11:48

I think Sadie and Mercy are lovely names in their own right and perhaps the better option

kickingKcurlyC · 27/07/2012 10:03

I don't mind it actually. Not one I'd pick myself, but Sadie and Mercy are quite nice NNs.
I'd just assume the parents were Spanish probably.

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UnimaginitiveDadThemedUsername · 27/07/2012 09:44

I take it you are either a car fanatic or a massive fan of Hollyoaks or you just like the Mercedez Benz song

"Oh Lord won't you buy me a Mercedez Benz".

  1. a bit
  2. certainly not - I'd rather have a leg off than watch Bolloaks
  3. s'okay

But yes, this is the kind of thing people would assume. Still a nice name though (goes back to thinking about 6ft tall supermodels with long black hair)

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UnimaginitiveDadThemedUsername · 27/07/2012 09:41

Mercedes is a lovely name, but could you cope with the nickname Merc?

I'd have thought "Sadie" would be a more obvious nickname for Mercedes.

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DawnOfTheDee · 27/07/2012 09:31

If the nn is Merc that's probably not great as merc is a slang word with a few meanings...none of them good.

shimmy0 · 27/07/2012 09:22

I think the nn would be Mercy

shimmy0 · 27/07/2012 09:21

I take it you are either a car fanatic or a massive fan of Hollyoaks or you just like the Mercedez Benz song

"Oh Lord won't you buy me a Mercedez Benz".

Lucyellensmum99 · 27/07/2012 09:17

I'm sorry but in my ignorance i think its a bit chavvy and i wont be the only one. Saying that i do like the name (honestly), we have a mercedes, shes called Milly Grin

Scatterplot · 27/07/2012 09:14

Mercedes is a lovely name, but could you cope with the nickname Merc?

I imagine that the name would work much better in Spain than in the UK.

moogster1a · 27/07/2012 08:30

Agree with the others, instantly start thinking of BMW etc.

treadheavily · 27/07/2012 08:29

I think you should stick with liking it and maybe look for some other names just to spare your daughter a lifetime of annoying comments.

DawnOfTheDee · 27/07/2012 08:27

I really like the name but i think it would be hard to get away from the car connotations. For some reason I think the only way to pull off the name Mercedes would be if you're a 6ft supermodel with long black hair...