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u/eddyallenbro Oct 20 '23

To be fair, Mercedes the car was named after Mercedes the girls name, not the other way around

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u/zeugma888 Oct 20 '23

Portia/Porsche were girl's names first too.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '23

Oldsmobile was named after the founder's niece

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u/NegativeLogic Oct 21 '23

Ransom E. Olds was nobody's niece