Mercedes

Spanish
"gracious gifts, benefits"

Mercedes Origin and Meaning

The name Mercedes is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning "gracious gifts, benefits".

Mercedes is one of the few names attached to luxury living that we can wholeheartedly recommend, it being a legitimate Spanish appellation stemming from one of the epithets given to the Virgin Mary--Santa Maria de las Mercedes, or Our Lady of the Mercies. The car, by the way was named after the eleven-year-old daughter of the Daimler company's French distributor in 1901.

Always well used in the Spanish-speaking community, Mercedes had a sudden spurt of overall popularity in the 1990's, moving as high as Number 164 in 1991.

Mercedes has been widely used in a variety of art forms--from the opera Carmen to Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo to the film Pan's Labyrinth to the TV show Glee.

# 984 in the US

Mercedes Rank in US Top 1000

# 983 on Nameberry

Mercedes Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Mercedes Popularity

Famous People Named Mercedes

  • Mercedes of Orléans (born María de las Mercedes Isabel Francisca de Asís Antonia Luisa Fernanda de Orléans y Borbón)
    Queen consort of Alfonso XII of Spain
  • (María de las) Mercedes Isabel Teresa Cristina Alfonsa de Borbón y Habsburgo
    Lorena, Princess of Asturias; daughter of Alfonso XII of Spain
  • María de las Mercedes Cristina Genara Isabel Luisa Carolina Victoria y Todos los Santos de Borbón
    Dos Sicilias y Orléans, Princess of Spain; Countess of Barcelona; mother of King Juan Carlos I
  • María de las Mercedes de Baviera y Borbón
    Infanta of Spain and Princess of Bavaria
  • Mercedes Sosa
    Argentine political activist, singer and songwriter
  • Mercedes María Paz
    Argentine tennis player
  • Mercedes Ritchie Lackey
    American fantasy novelist
  • Mercedes Ruehl
    American actress
  • Mercedes Masohn
    American actress
  • Mercedes McNab
    American actress
  • Mercedes Bass
    American socialite
  • Mercedes Kaestner
    Varnado aka Sasha Banks, American pro wrestler

Mercedes in Pop Culture

  • Mercedes Athena "Mercy" Thompson
    main character in Patricia Briggs books
  • Mercedes Jones
    character on TV's "Glee'
  • Mercedes "Mercy" Graves
    character in DC Universe
  • Mercedes
    the compassionate housekeeper in the Spanish fantasy film "Pan's Labyrinth"
  • Mercedes Maria Theresa Immaculata McQueen
    character on British soap "Hollyoaks"
  • Mercedes
    character in Ann,Marie MacDonald's "Fall on Your Knees"
  • Mercedes Mondego nee Iguanada
    character in "The Count of Monte Cristo"
  • Mercedes Cortez
    Love interest in "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City"
  • Mercedes Castillo
    character in telenovela "Destinos"
  • Mercedes
    character on TV's "South Park"
  • Mercedes
    Benz, luxury car
  • Mercedes
    character in the 2019 Film "Hustlers" played by Keke Palmer
  • Mercedes
    a character in Fire Emblem: Three Houses

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