Hi again!
I have to reply to an email by someone called Bercin (from Turkey). Is that a man or a woman's name? I don't know if I should say dear Mr X or dear Ms X! And to use the given name doesn't seem right! Any idea?
Thanks a lot!
Hi again!
I have to reply to an email by someone called Bercin (from Turkey). Is that a man or a woman's name? I don't know if I should say dear Mr X or dear Ms X! And to use the given name doesn't seem right! Any idea?
Thanks a lot!
One way to try to answer such questions is to search for the name in Google images.
What you see is that Bercin can be first name or a surname. It looks like as a first name, it is a woman's name. By the way, it may really be Berçin.
Hmm. I just tried Facebook. Berçin is mostly a surname, but I found both men & women with it as a first name. Bercin (without the cedilla) got me the same results--mostly a woman's first name, but there were a few men.
Can you do a search on the full name os is Bercin all you have?
I found a way to get around it. There is a very formal word sayin. It means "esteemed" but has the virtue of being gender nuetral.
Sayin Bercin Amir is "Dear Mr/Ms Amir."