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Thoughts on this name? Is it still too associated with the car brand?

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I like it. I don’t really associate it with the car brand. Maybe it’s because I have a relative named Mercedes.

This message was edited 12/14/2023, 9:01 AM

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Aw, I like Mercedes. It's accessibly romantic. I don't first think of the automotive company because I hate cars; I think of mercy, the Virgin Mary, and Oscar-winning actresses Mercedes McCambridge and Mercedes Ruehl.ETA: I just learned that McCambridge's full birth name was Carlotta Mercedes Agnes. Wow, gorgeous!

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I can only think of the car, despite actually knowing girls named Mercedes. One that I met was named after the Mercedes she was conceived in.
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Definitely. Older people, sense of entitlement, especially when people need to yield to them, better behaved than BMW drivers but, for both, the ones to avoid are the white cars. A white Merc showed me courtesy on the road the other day, and I nearly swallowed my steering wheel.
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It's beautiful but I don't associated with a car brand.
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I think so. But nn Mercy is cute and the association isn’t a bad thing if the parents like cars.
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Since the car was named after a girl with this name, kind of a circle argument. I like it, never loved it, but do like it. Never tied it to the car that much.
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I love Mercedes, it's a beautiful name. I've known a few. I think it's still fairly connected to the car, but it would depend on where you lived. A good chunk of people would be more familiar with the car brand rather than it's history as a first name.
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Don't like it, yes too associated with the car
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Not at all. It's great name.
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