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Mercy

What does Mercy mean?

Mercy Pronunciation of Mercy as a girls' name is pronounced MER-see. It is of English origin, and the meaning of Mercy is "compassion, forebearance". A virtue name popular with the Puritans.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Mer-, -cy

ASSOCIATED WITH compassion (gracious), virtue, puritans

Variations

VARIANTS Mercey, Merci, Mercie, Mercilla, Mercina, Mersey

SEE ALSO Clemence, Mercedes, Mercia, Merry

CREATIVE FORMS
(female) Marscy, ..

(male) Meras, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Mercy Soraya (M.S.), ..

How popular is Mercy?

Mercy is a very popular first name for women (#1707 out of 4276, Top 40%) and also a very popular surname for both adults and children (#39378 out of 150436, Top 26%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Mercy reached its top position of #729 in the U.S. in the year 2018. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Mercy name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Mercy outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Prominent alternative forms of Mercy (#729 IN 2018) rated in the Top 2000 are Clemence, Mercedes (#1070) and Merry. Usage of these relations of Mercy was well-received among parents 3 decades ago (MEDIAN #1541) and has become significantly lower since (#1449, 62%), with forms like Mercedes becoming less trendy. Mercy is the most fashionable name for newborns in this list.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Mercy, Clemence, Mercedes, Merry in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Mercy and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Mercy is alike in pronunciation to Marcee, Marcey, Marci, Marcie, Marcy and Marsey. Other recommended sound-alike names are Darcy, Jency, Kelcy, Macy, Maery, Maicy, Margy, Marjy, Marty, Mary, Mecca, Meeca, Meggy, Meica, Melly, Mera, Merah, Meral, Merced, Mercer, Merel, Meris, Merl, Merla, Merle, Merlyn, Merna, Merri, Merryl, Merryn and Meryl. These names tend to be less commonly used than Mercy.

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