Mercedes is a

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

female name, derived from ''

María de las Mercedes María de las Mercedes, often shortened to simply Mercedes (name), Mercedes, is a Spanish given name. It refers to the Virgin of Mercy (Spanish: La Virgen de la Merced or Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes), one of the titles of Mary. Notable people w ...

'' ("Our Lady of Mercy" or "Mary of Mercies"), which is one of the Roman Catholic titles of the

Virgin Mary Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Saint Joseph, Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under titles of Mary, mother of Jesus, various titles such as Perpetual virginity ...

. The word "Mercedes" is of Latin origin meaning "mercies" (plural of

mercy Mercy (Middle English, from Anglo-French , from Medieval Latin , "price paid, wages", from Latin , "merchandise") is benevolence, forgiveness, and kindness in a variety of ethical, religious, social, and legal contexts. In the social and le ...

) from the Latin word merced-, merces, meaning "wages, reward", which in

Vulgar Latin Vulgar Latin, also known as Colloquial, Popular, Spoken or Vernacular Latin, is the range of non-formal Register (sociolinguistics), registers of Latin spoken from the Crisis of the Roman Republic, Late Roman Republic onward. ''Vulgar Latin'' a ...

acquired the meaning "favor, pity".

Hypocoristic A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as '' Izzy'' for Isabel or '' Bob'' for Robert, or it ...

forms of the name are ''Merceditas'', ''Mechi'', ''Mer'', ''Meche'' and ''Merche''.

Given name

* Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (1880–1904), Spanish royal *

Mercedes de Acosta Mercedes de Acosta (March 1, 1892 – May 9, 1968) was an American poet, playwright, and novelist. Although she failed to achieve artistic and professional distinction, de Acosta is known for her many lesbian affairs with celebrated Broadway and ...

(1893–1968), American poet and socialite * Mercedes Bass, American philanthropist *

Mercedes Bengoechea Mercedes Bengoechea Bartolomé (born December 29, 1952) is a Spanish feminist sociolinguist, professor of English philology and a proponent for the defense of the use of gender-neutral language from an academic foundation. She has had a long care ...

(born 1952), Spanish feminist sociolinguist, professor *

Mercedes Bresso Mercedes Bresso (born 12 July 1944) is an Italian politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as Member of the European Parliament from 2014 until 2019 and again from 2023 following the departure of Pierfrancesco Majorino. She reta ...

(born 1944), Italian politician *

Mercedes Cabral Maria Mercedes Porte Cabral (born August 10, 1986) is a Filipino actress. Known for her roles in arthouse and independent films, she has appeared in numerous international productions. Cabral has received a selection of accolades, including a ...

(born 1986), Filipina actress * Mercedes Calderón (born 1965), Cuban volleyball player *

Mercedes Grabowski Mercedes Grabowski (August 23, 1994 – December 5, 2017), known professionally as August Ames, was a Canadian Pornographic film actor, pornographic actress. She appeared in more than 100 films, including a non-pornographic film in 2016, and was ...

(1994–2017), actress *

Mercedes Helnwein Mercedes Helnwein (born November 12, 1979) is an artist, writer and filmmaker. She was born in Vienna, Austria and primarily lives and works in Los Angeles. Early life Helnwein was born in Vienna, Austria. Her father is Austro-Irish artist Gottfri ...

(born 1979), Austrian artist, writer and filmmaker * Mercedes Indacochea (1889–1959), Peruvian educator *

Mercédès Jellinek Mercédès Adrienne Ramona Manuela Jellinek (16 September 1889 – 23 February 1929) was the daughter of Austrian automobile entrepreneur Emil Jellinek and his first wife Rachel Goggmann Cenrobert. She was born in Vienna. She is best known for ...

(1889–1929), the namesake for Mercedes-Benz automobiles *

Mercedes Lackey Mercedes Ritchie Lackey (born June 24, 1950) is an American writer of Fantasy literature, fantasy novels. Many of her novels and trilogies are interlinked and set in the world of Velgarth, mostly in and around the country of Valdemar (fictional co ...

(born 1950), fantasy author *

Mercedes Lambre Mercedes Rodríguez "Mechi" Lambre (; born 5 October 1992) is an Argentine actress, singer, dancer and model. She is known to international audiences for playing the debut role of Ludmilla in the Disney Channel original series '' Violetta''. ...

(born 1992), Argentine actress *

Mercedes Lander Kittie is a Canadian heavy metal band from London, Ontario. The band was formed in 1996 by guitarist Fallon Bowman and drummer Mercedes Lander, with guitarist and vocalist Morgan Lander and bassist Tanya Candler joining the following year. Mo ...

, drummer for Canadian alt-metal band Kittie * Mercedes Lasala (1764 –1837), Argentinian patriot *

Mercédès Legrand Mercédès Legrand (1893 – 1945) was a Spanish-born Belgian visual artist, illustrator, and poet. She was known for her work as a painter, enameller, and Pottery, potter. She is also known as Mercedes Legrand. Early life and education Mercé ...

(1893–1945) Spanish-born Belgian painter, poet * Mercedes Leigh (b.1867 – ?), American actress *

Mercedes McCambridge Carlotta Mercedes Agnes McCambridge (March 16, 1916 – March 2, 2004) was an American actress of radio, stage, film, and television. Orson Welles called her "the world's greatest living radio actress". She won an Academy Award for Best Support ...

(1916–2004), actress *

Mercedes Mason Mercedes Mason (born Mercedes Masöhn; 3 March 1982) is a Swedish-American actress and former model. She is known for playing the role of Zondra in the television series ''Chuck'', and Isabel Zambada in the procedural drama '' The Finder''.Cast B ...

(born 1983), Swedish-American actress *

Mercedes McNab Mercedes Alicia McNab (born March 14, 1980) is a Canadian former actress. She is known for her role as Harmony Kendall on ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1997–2001) and its spinoff ''Angel'' (2001–2004). She additionally is known for her role a ...

(born 1980), Canadian-born actress * Maria Mercedes Morgan called Mercedes, later known as Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt (born 1904) Socialite. *

Mercedes of Orléans María de las Mercedes of Orléans (24 June 1860 – 26 June 1878) was List of Spanish consorts, Queen of Spain as the first wife of King Alfonso XII. She was born in Madrid, the daughter of Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, and Infanta L ...

(1860–1878), queen consort of Spain *

Mercedes Pérez Mercedes Isabel Pérez Tigreros (born August 7, 1987) is a female Colombian weightlifter competing in the 63 kg category until 2018 and 64 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categorie ...

(born 1987), Colombian weightlifter *

Mercedes Pérez Merino María Mercedes Pérez Merino (born 18 November 1960) is a Spanish trade unionist and politician from Podemos (Spanish political party), Podemos. In 2021, she joined the Cortes Generales, replacing Pablo Iglesias Turrión. References

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(born 1960), Spanish trade unionist and politician *

Mercedes Peris María Mercedes "Merche" Peris Minguet (born 5 January 1985 in Paiporta, Valencia, Spain) is an Olympic and national record holding backstroke swimmer from Spain. She competed for Spain at the 2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), ...

(born 1985), Spanish backstroke swimmer * Mercedes Rose (born 1972), American actress *

Mercedes Ruehl Mercedes J. Ruehl ( ; born February 28, 1948) is an American screen, stage, and television actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Tony Award. Ruehl won the Academy Award f ...

(born 1948), American actress * Mercedes Sahores (born 1974), Argentine ski mountaineer and mountain climber *

Mercedes Santamarina Mercedes Santamarina Gastañaga (18 June 1896 – 23 May 1972) was an Argentine art collector and patron. Interested in art from an early age, Santamarina amassed a large collection of pieces over the course of her life. In her last few years she ...

(1896–1972), Argentine art collector *

Mercedes Sosa Haydée Mercedes "La Negra" Sosa (; 9 July 1935
at BrainyHistory.com – 4 October 2009) was an

(1935–2009), Argentine singer *

Mercédesz Stieber Mercédesz Stieber (born 4 September 1974) is a water polo player from Hungary, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and Beijing 2008. She won the 1994 and 2005 Water polo at the World Aquatics Champi ...

(born 1974), Hungarian water polo player * Mercedes Varnado, American professional wrestler known under the ring name Mercedes Moné *

Mercedes Vostell Mercedes Vostell (born Mercedes Guardado Olivenza; 22 July 1933 – 15 October 2023) was a Spanish writer and from 1998 the artistic director of the Museo Vostell Malpartida (MVM). Mercedes Vostell was the wife of German painter, sculptor, Flux ...

(1933–2023), Spanish writer * Mercedes Yvette Scelba-Shorte (born 1981), fashion model and actress *

Mercedes (singer) Raequel Miller (born May 1, 1978), better known by her stage name Mercedes, is an American singer, rapper and R&B recording artist from Detroit, Michigan. She is best known for being signed to No Limit Records. Music career On May 29, 1999, d ...

, stage name of R&B and hip-hop singer Raequel Miller

Surname

Eleoncio Mercedes Eleoncio Mercedes (September 12, 1957 – December 22, 1985) was a Dominican boxer, who was world champion in the Flyweight division. Amateur career As an amateur he competed for his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Q ...

(1957–1985), boxer * Denise Mercedes (born 1991), American fashion model *

Yermín Mercedes Yermín Francisco Mercedes (born February 14, 1993), nicknamed "the Yermín-ator", is a Dominican professional baseball first baseman, catcher, and designated hitter for the Centauros de La Guaira of the Venezuelan Major League. He has previousl ...

(born 1993), Dominican baseball player

Fictional characters

*Mercédès, in the Alexandre Dumas novel ''

The Count of Monte Cristo ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' () is an adventure novel by the French writer Alexandre Dumas. It was serialised from 1844 to 1846, and published in book form in 1846. It is one of his most popular works, along with ''The Three Musketeers'' (184 ...

'' *Mercedes, in Jack London's novel ''

The Call of the Wild ''The Call of the Wild'' is an adventure novel by Jack London, published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck. ...

'' *Mercédès, in the opera ''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the O ...

'' by Georges Bizet *Mercedes, a princess in the video game "Dragon Blaze" *Mercedes, a character in the film ''

Pan's Labyrinth ''Pan's Labyrinth'' () is a 2006 dark fantasy film written, directed and co-produced by Guillermo del Toro. The film stars Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones, and Ariadna Gil. The story takes place in Spain in the summe ...

'' *Mercedes, one of the five main characters of the video game ''

Odin Sphere ''Odin Sphere'' is an action role-playing game developed by Vanillaware for the PlayStation 2. It was published by Atlus (Japan and North America) in 2007, and by Square Enix (Australia and Europe) in 2008. A remake, titled ''Odin Sphere Leifth ...

'' *Mercedes "Meche" Colomar, from the video game ''

Grim Fandango ''Grim Fandango'' is a 1998 adventure game directed by Tim Schafer and developed and published by LucasArts for Microsoft Windows. It is the first adventure game by LucasArts to use 3D computer graphics overlaid on pre-rendered static backgro ...

'' *Mercedes Cortez, from the video game '' Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'' *Mercedes, the Queen of elves and one of the six Heroes in the MMORPG ''

MapleStory ''MapleStory'' () is a free-to-play, 2D, side-scrolling massively multiplayer online role-playing game, developed by South Korean company Wizet. Several versions of the game are available for specific countries or regions, published by var ...

'' *

Mercedes Jones Mercedes Jones is a fictional character from the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox popular musical comedy-drama series ''Glee (TV series), Glee''. The character is portrayed by actress Amber Riley, and has appeared in ''Glee'' from its Pilot (Glee), ...

, from the TV series ''

Glee Glee may refer to: * Glee (music), a type of English choral music * ''Glee'' (TV series), an American musical comedy-drama TV series, and related media created by Ryan Murphy * ''Glee'' (Bran Van 3000 album) * ''Glee'' (Logan Lynn album) * Gle ...

'' *Mercedes Lane, Heather Graham's character in the 1988 film ''

License to Drive ''License to Drive'' is a 1988 American teen comedy film written by Neil Tolkin and directed by Greg Beeman in his feature film directorial debut. It stars Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Heather Graham, and Carol Kane. The film was in produ ...

'' * Mercedes von Martritz from the video games '' Fire Emblem: Three Houses'' and '' Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes'' *

Mercedes McQueen Mercedes McQueen (also Owen, Fisher and Browning) is a fictional character from the Television in the United Kingdom, British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Jennifer Metcalfe. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 19 ...

, in the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' * Mercedes "Mercy" Thompson, protagonist of a novel series by

Patricia Briggs Patricia Briggs (born December 21, 1965) is an American writer of fantasy since 1993, and author of the Mercy Thompson urban fantasy series. Biography Patricia Briggs was born in 1965 in Butte, Montana, United States. She now resides in Benton ...

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