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 Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...

feminine given name, derived from '' María de las Mercedes'' ("Our Lady of Mercy" or "Mary of Mercies"), which is one of the Roman Catholic titles of the

Virgin Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother o ...

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

mercy Mercy (Middle English, from Anglo-French ''merci'', from Medieval Latin ''merced-'', ''merces'', from Latin, "price paid, wages", from ''merc-'', ''merxi'' "merchandise") is benevolence, forgiveness, and kindness in a variety of ethical, relig ...

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

Vulgar Latin Vulgar Latin, also known as Popular or Colloquial Latin, is the range of non-formal Register (sociolinguistics), registers of Latin spoken from the Crisis of the Roman Republic, Late Roman Republic onward. Through time, Vulgar Latin would evolve ...

acquired the meaning "favor, pity".

Hypocoristic A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', 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 I ...

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

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* 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 Bresso Mercedes Bresso (born 12 July 1944) is an Italian politician (Democratic Party) who served as Member of the European Parliament from 2014 until 2019. Early life and career Bresso was born in Sanremo, Province of Imperia, Liguria. In 1969, she re ...

(born 1944), Italian politician *

Mercedes Calderón Mercedes Calderón Martínez (born 1 September 1965) is a former female volleyball player from Cuba, who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain Barcelona ( , , ...

(born 1965), Cuban volleyball player * Mercedes Grabowski (1994–2017), actress *

Mercedes Helnwein Mercedes Helnwein (born 1979) is an artist, writer and filmmaker. She was born in Vienna, Austria. Biography Mercedes Helnwein was born in Vienna, Austria. Her father is Austro-Irish artist Gottfried Helnwein.Jessica Gelt (April 08, 2004"Rooms wi ...

(born 1979), Austrian artist, writer and filmmaker *

Mercedes Indacochea Mercedes Indacochea Lozano (24 October 1889 – 24 February 1959) was a Peruvian academic. Her teaching career included different levels from primary grades to higher education. In 1956, the Peruvian government awarded her the Palmas Magisteriales ...

(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 ...

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

Mercedes Lackey Mercedes Ritchie Lackey (born June 24, 1950) is an American writer of 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. Her Valdemar novels include i ...

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

Mercedes Leigh Mercedes Leigh (née, Mercedes Leigh Hearne; March 20, 1867–?) was an American actress. She was widely known by her stage name, Mercedes Leigh, which she chose when she began her professional career. Her contemporaries were Mary Haviland Sutton ...

(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 (formerly Masöhn; born 1982/1983) is a Swedish-born American actress and former model. She is known for playing the role of Zondra in the television series ''Chuck'', and as Isabel Zambada in the procedural drama '' The Finder''. ...

(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 * Mercedes of Orléans (1860–1878), queen consort of Spain * Mercedes Pérez (born 1987), Colombian weightlifter * Mercedes Peris (born 1985), Spanish backstroke swimmer * Mercedes Ruehl (born 1948), U.S. actress *

Mercedes Sahores Mercedes Noel "Tety" Sahores Rosauer (born September 24, 1974) is an Argentine ski mountaineer and mountain climber. She is the first Argentine woman to climb the summit of the Mount Everest, on May 19, 2009. Biography Sahores, daughter of L ...

(born 1974), Argentine ski mountaineer and mountain climber * Mercedes Santamarina (1896–1972), Argentine art collector * Mercedes Sosa (1935–2009), Argentine singer *

Mercédesz Stieber Mercédesz Stieber (born 4 September 1974 in Budapest) 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 World Championships and t ...

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

Mercedes Vostell Mercedes Vostell (born Mercedes Guardado Olivenza, 22 July 1933) is a Spanish writer and since 1998 the artistic director of the Museo Vostell Malpartida (MVM). Mercedes Vostell is the widow of German painter, sculptor, Fluxus and happening ar ...

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

Mercedes (singer) Raquel Miller (born May 1, 1978), better known by her stage name Mercedes, is an American singer, rapper and R&B recording artist from Detroit, MI. She is best known for being signed to No Limit Records. Music career 1997: Music beginnings, ...

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

Surname

Eleoncio Mercedes Eleoncio Mercedes (September 12, 1957 – December 22, 1985) was a Dominican boxer, who was world champion in the Flyweight division. He had a record of 14 wins, 12 losses and 2 draws, with 3 wins by knockout. Amateur career As an amateu ...

(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 who is a free agent. He signed as an international free agent with the Washingt ...

(born 1993), Dominican baseball player

Fictional characters

*Mercédès, in the Alexandre Dumas novel ''

The Count of Monte Cristo ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (french: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas (''père'') completed in 1844. It is one of the author's more popular works, along with ''The Three Musketeers''. Li ...

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

The Call of the Wild ''The Call of the Wild'' is a short 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 Bu ...

'' *Mercedes, 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 Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first perfo ...

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

Pan's Labyrinth ''Pan's Labyrinth'' ( es, El laberinto del fauno, lit=The Labyrinth of the Faun, links=no) is a 2006 dark fantasy horror film written, directed and co-produced by Guillermo del Toro. A Spanish-Mexican(78% Spanish production, 22% Mexican productio ...

'' *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 (Europe) in 2008. A remake, titled ''Odin Sphere Leifthrasir'' (styl ...

'' *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 background ...

'' * 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 vario ...

'' *

Mercedes Jones Mercedes Jones is a fictional character from the Fox popular musical comedy-drama series '' Glee''. The character is portrayed by actress Amber Riley, and has appeared in ''Glee'' from its pilot episode, first broadcast on May 19, 2009. Merced ...

, from the TV series ''

Glee Glee means delight, a form of happiness. Glee may also 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 30 ...

'' *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, Carol Kane, Richard Masur, Michael Manasse ...

'' *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 British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Jennifer Metcalfe. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 19 June 2006 as the first character t ...

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

Patricia Briggs Patricia Briggs (born 1965) is an American writer of Fantasy novel, 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 Bent ...

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