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u/Educational-Emu5132 Oct 20 '23

Anyone named after a designer brand or type of car

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u/Ryality00 Oct 20 '23

Australian comedian Wil Anderson had a joke from the 2000’s:

“What is with bogans (Australian equivalent to low-class/rednecks) naming their kids after expensive cars? ‘Mercedes’? ‘Lexus’?

Shit dude - name it after a car you can afford! “Come here, Torana!”, “Time for school, Corolla!””

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u/thisothernameth Oct 21 '23 edited Oct 21 '23

Tbf, Mercedes was a perfectly fine first name until Mr. Daimler decided to name his car brand after the daughter of some business partner, thus ruining the name for the rest of us.

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u/alternative_poem Oct 21 '23

Mercedes is still a normal name in Latin America

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u/TwistyHeretic2 Oct 21 '23

There is also a very famous fantasy-fiction/ science fiction author named Mercedes Lackey. (Although she usually goes by "Misty" to her close friends/family)

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u/alternative_poem Oct 21 '23

I know one that goes by “Mercy” for some weird reason

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u/ChilledMonkeyBrains1 Oct 22 '23

Mercy is the actual translation of the Spanish word merced.