Anonymous
Post 03/29/2014 08:51     Subject: if you were going to call your DD Sadie
Mercedes is an interesting name; it's the only one I can think of off the top of my head that has both a trashy and classy connotation. It's definitely a real name with history — and yet it will be identified as by some as aspirational. More of a reflection of the listener, really.

I love Sarah/Sadie. I would always err on the side of giving her more choice, rather than less. If you name her Sarah and she wants to go by Sadie, she can, but it's harder to go the other way.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2014 08:43     Subject: if you were going to call your DD Sadie
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sadie is great. If you like the other names, that's fine, but you absolutely don't need a more formal name. IMO, that's an old-fashioned concept.


I really think you should have a formal name. Last week I interviewed 2 women named Katie / Kati. I assume that was their legal name because it was on the top of their resume. You should at least have your resume and email say Katherine and then say "you can call me Katie" when we meet. I though it made them seem less professional and younger than they were. I can look past it to their skills, but I'm the closing interview / final decision. I'm sure there are lots of interesting names that don't get past HR for a phone interview because of unconscious bias.


Anybody who would dump a resume based on the name being "Katie" instead of "Katherine" ought to be really ashamed of themselves. Not to mention that their boss should fire them for incompetence (if they have a boss. If they don't have a boss, they deserve what they get.)
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2014 08:35     Subject: if you were going to call your DD Sadie
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Mercedes is trashy.

Just name her Sadie.


Trashy in your world, but to many it is the name of the mother of Christ. Hardly trashy.


Madonna is also the name of the mother of Christ, and no one would argue that she is not trashy.

Plus, unwed mother, etc...just sayin.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2014 08:30     Subject: if you were going to call your DD Sadie
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Mercedes is trashy.

Just name her Sadie.


Trashy in your world, but to many it is the name of the mother of Christ. Hardly trashy.


But in the US, it is associated with lower social classes that give their kids aspirational names: Mercedes, Porche (not Portia), Chanel, Evian, Chianti, Chardonnay, Diamond, Cristal, etc.

I know several women named Mercedes in the religious sense. They are all over 60.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2014 23:08     Subject: if you were going to call your DD Sadie
Sadie seems like an old fashioned name. See no reason why there has to be a formal name.

Interesting chart on the two different popularities of the name. Looks like it was a VERY popular name back in the late 1880s

http://www.babycenter.com/baby-names-sadie-3960.htm
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2014 23:04     Subject: Re:if you were going to call your DD Sadie
I think 'Sadie' and 'Mercedes' are white trash names.

Keep her off the pole!!
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2014 22:42     Subject: if you were going to call your DD Sadie
Anonymous wrote:Sadie is great. If you like the other names, that's fine, but you absolutely don't need a more formal name. IMO, that's an old-fashioned concept.


I really think you should have a formal name. Last week I interviewed 2 women named Katie / Kati. I assume that was their legal name because it was on the top of their resume. You should at least have your resume and email say Katherine and then say "you can call me Katie" when we meet. I though it made them seem less professional and younger than they were. I can look past it to their skills, but I'm the closing interview / final decision. I'm sure there are lots of interesting names that don't get past HR for a phone interview because of unconscious bias.