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What does Mercy mean?
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.
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)
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.
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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