Merced - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Merced \m(e)-rced, mer-ced\ is a variant of Mercedes (Spanish), and the meaning of Merced is "mercies".

The baby name Merced sounds like Mercede and Mercedez. Other similar baby names are Mercer and Mercey.

Merced is an uncommon first name for women but a very common last name for both men and women (#10045 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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