Mercedes

Spanish

"gracious gifts, benefits"

Mercedes Origin and Meaning

The name Mercedes is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning "gracious gifts, benefits".

Mercedes is one of the few names attached to luxury living that we can wholeheartedly recommend, it being a legitimate Spanish appellation stemming from one of the epithets given to the Virgin Mary--Santa Maria de las Mercedes, or Our Lady of the Mercies. The car, by the way was named after the eleven-year-old daughter of the Daimler company's French distributor in 1901.

Always well used in the Spanish-speaking community, Mercedes had a sudden spurt of overall popularity in the 1990's, moving as high as Number 164 in 1991.

Mercedes has been widely used in a variety of art forms--from the opera Carmen to Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo to the film Pan's Labyrinth to the TV show Glee.

Mercedes Rank in US Top 1000

# 984 in the US

Mercedes Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1288 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Mercedes

• 984 US 2014
• 1288 Nameberry 2025
• 418 Unique 2023
• 823 England 2014

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Famous People Named Mercedes

• Mercedes of Orléans (born María de las Mercedes Isabel Francisca de Asís Antonia Luisa Fernanda de Orléans y Borbón) Queen consort of Alfonso XII of Spain
• (María de las) Mercedes Isabel Teresa Cristina Alfonsa de Borbón y Habsburgo Lorena, Princess of Asturias; daughter of Alfonso XII of Spain
• María de las Mercedes Cristina Genara Isabel Luisa Carolina Victoria y Todos los Santos de Borbón Dos Sicilias y Orléans, Princess of Spain; Countess of Barcelona; mother of King Juan Carlos I
• María de las Mercedes de Baviera y Borbón Infanta of Spain and Princess of Bavaria
• Mercedes Sosa Argentine political activist, singer and songwriter
• Mercedes María Paz Argentine tennis player
• Mercedes Ritchie Lackey American fantasy novelist
• Mercedes Ruehl American actress
• Mercedes Masohn American actress
• Mercedes McNab American actress
• Mercedes Bass American socialite
• Mercedes Kaestner Varnado aka Sasha Banks, American pro wrestler

The name Mercedes in Pop Culture

• Mercedes Athena "Mercy" Thompson main character in Patricia Briggs books
• Mercedes Jones character on TV's "Glee'
• Mercedes "Mercy" Graves character in DC Universe
• Mercedes the compassionate housekeeper in the Spanish fantasy film "Pan's Labyrinth"
• Mercedes Maria Theresa Immaculata McQueen character on British soap "Hollyoaks"
• Mercedes character in Ann,Marie MacDonald's "Fall on Your Knees"
• Mercedes Mondego nee Iguanada character in "The Count of Monte Cristo"
• Mercedes Cortez Love interest in "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City"
• Mercedes Castillo character in telenovela "Destinos"
• Mercedes character on TV's "South Park"
• Mercedes Benz, luxury car
• Mercedes character in the 2019 Film "Hustlers" played by Keke Palmer
• Mercedes a character in Fire Emblem: Three Houses