Mercy

Where Mercy comes from

From mercy in the 17th century; one of the less common Puritan virtue names. In modern use sometimes used to anglicize Spanish Mercedes.
— Wiktionary's entry for Mercy
  • English
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1728
    Mercy Otis Warren born
    American writer
  2. 1881
    Debut at its peak, #582
    #582 among girls with 9 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  3. 1885
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1984
    Mercy Johnson born
    Nigerian actress, film director and film producer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English.
Namesakes
  • Mercy Johnson · Nigerian actress, film director and film producer, born 1984
  • Mercy Otis Warren · American writer, 1728–1814
  • Mercy Aigbe · Nigerian actress, born 1978
  • Mercy Chinwo-Blessed · Nigerian Gospel Musician, born 1990
  • Mercy Cherono · Kenyan long-distance runner, born 1991

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.