Mercy

Mercy \mer-cy, me-rcy\ is a female's name. It consists of 5 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby girl name Mercy is pronounced as M-ERSiy- ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Mercy: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"

What is the origin of Mercy?

Mercy is used predominantly in English, and its origin is Latin and English. English origin: The name is derived from the common English word 'mercy', which is itself from the Latin 'merces' (reward, wages) and ultimately 'merx' (goods, wares). It was a popular virtue name adopted by 17th-century Puritans, in reference to the connotations of God's magnanimity and forgiveness. It has appeared in John Bunyan's A Pilgrim's Progress (1684), as well as in Charles Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit (1844), in which Merry is a diminutive of Mercy. In addition, Mercy is a contracted form (English) of the name name Mercedes meaning (Basque, English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish). Mercy has 21 variations that are used in both English and other languages. English variations consist of Merce meaning and origin, meaning of Mercea, Mercee pronounciation, Mercena pronounciation, Mercey name, Mercilla definition, nicknames for Mercille, baby name Mercina, short names for Mersee, name Mersey origin, Mersi name popularity, meaning of Mersie, Mersy meaning and origin, name Mircea origin, name Mircie origin, and Mircy name. Other English forms consist of the contracted form Mer definition, the pet form short names for Merry, and the spelling variants Merci definition and Mercie meaning and origin. A variation of Mercy used in other languages is baby name Mercia (Latinized).

List of baby names that is pronounced like Mercy:

name Mercee origin, Merci meaning (English), Mersee pronounciation, Mersey name, baby name Mersi, name Mersie origin, short names for Mersy, Mircy name popularity, Maartje name variations (Dutch), meaning of Mahwash, name Marca meaning (Czech), Marcee definition, short names for Marcey (English), name Marci (English), name Marcie meaning (English), nicknames for Marcsa (Hungarian), nicknames for Marcy (English), Marek meaning, short names for Marga (Dutch, English, Estonian, German, and Spanish), and name Margaux (French and English).

The baby name Mercy fun facts:

The name Mercy in reverse order is "Ycrem".

The numerological value of the name Mercy is number 1, which means initiating action, pioneering, leading, independent, attaining, individual.

How popular is Mercy?

Mercy is in the top names in USA.