Mercy
Mercy Origin and Meaning
The quality of mercy makes this lovely Puritan virtue name a quiet favorite today. Although it was most popular in the late nineteenth century, Mercy is on its way to a comeback -- it rose 143 spots between 2012 and 2013, making it one of the year's fastest-rising names. Right now, it's still stylish and distinctive, a rare and wonderful combination.
Mercy is one of the characters with allegorical names in John Bunyan's A Pilgrim's Progress, and Mercy Pecksniff appears in Dickens's novel Martin Chuzzlewit with the nickname Merry. Mercy Lewis, in Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, was based on a real-life person, a witness at the Salem witch trials. Another historic Mercy is Mercy Warren, Revolutionary period patriot and writer of plays, books and poetry.
Comic/sidekick Andy Richter, when he named his daughter Mercy, joked, "Just in case Puritanism comes back, we'll be ready with a real Puritan name"; Madonna renamed her Malawi-born daughter Mercy James. As a word name and modern virtue name, it's one of the most fashionable English names for girls.
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Mercy Rank in US Top 1000
Mercy Rank in Nameberry Top 1000
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Famous People Named Mercy
- Mercy Otis WarrenAmerican writer and propagandist of the American Revolution
- Mercy FiennesTiffin, English actress
- Mercy Aigbe GentryNigerian actress
- Mercy JohnsonNigerian actress
- Mercy AkideNigerian footballer
- Mercy Lewisfigure in the Salem witch trials; portrayed in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"
- Mercy BrownAmerican girl exhumed on suspicion of being a vampire in 1892
- Mercy Josephine Richter (b. 2005)daughter of comedian Andy Richter
- Chifundo "Mercy" James (b. 2006)daughter of Madonna
- Mercy Diaz (b. 2010)daughter of comedian Joey Diaz
- Mercy Morgan (b. 2019)dauhgter of actress Emily Rose
Mercy in Pop Culture
- Mercy Merrickcharacter in The New Magdalen (1873) by Wilkie Collins
- Mercy Pecksniffcharacter in "Martin Chuzzlewit"
- Mercycharacter in "A Pilgrim's Progress"
- Mercy Lewischaracter in "The Crucible"
- Mercy Woodcharacter in "The Witch of Blackbird Pond"
- Mercyintended name of Adrian & Ben's daughter ("The Secret Life of an American Teenager") until Adrian later miscarried
- Mercy Watsonpig character in children's book series by Kate DiCamillo
- Mercyminor character in "Orange is the New Black" (Big Boo's Ex)
- Mercy Gravesbodyguard and assistant to Lex Luthor in DC Comics
- Mercya Swiss doctor/healer character in the video game Overwatch, otherwise known as Angela Ziegler
- Mercybaby on TV's "7th Heaven"
- Mercycharacter in the movie The Witch (2016)
- Mercy Cartercharacter in "The Ransom of Mercy Carter"
- Mercy ThompsonHauptman, main character in Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs
- Mercycharacter in film "The Warriors"
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