Mercêdes

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Mercêdes is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Spain. Recorded meaning: From mercedes (“mercies”), shortened from María (de las) Mercedes, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Mercy".

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

5 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From mercedes (“mercies”), shortened from María (de las) Mercedes, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Mercy".

Sources 6

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)
  • Wiktionary
  • Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Mercêdes counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Mercêdes is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spelling
ES Spain—128K—
US United States—62K—
EC Ecuador—53K—
BR Brazil—22K—
DO Dominican Republic—19K—

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INEC — civil registry names; IBGE — Nomes (census name API); JCE — Nombres más registrados (annual). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Mercêdes is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name20 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, United Kingdom, Spain

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Mercedes, Mer’Cedes, Mercédes, Mercédès, Mercedés

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Mercêdes under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Mercêdes mean, and where does it come from?
From mercedes (“mercies”), shortened from María (de las) Mercedes, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Mercy". Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Dictionary of American Family Names and 4 other sources.
Is Mercêdes a male or female name?
Mercêdes is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Mercêdes have the most bearers?
Mercêdes is most frequently recorded in Spain.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Mercêdes”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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