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Name Mercedes

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From a Latin word for mercy, grace

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About the name Mercedes in particular

Gender:	female
Languages of use:	German, English, Spanish
Topics:	Asteroid 1136 Mercedes, discovered 1929
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Mercede, Mercédesz Details

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About Mercedes, the group of names with the same origin as Mercedes

Language of origin:	Latin
Info about origin:	from the name of a religious holiday Maria de mercede redemptionis captivorum (with an English translation of Mary of the mercy to redeem captives or similar)
	later there also was a Spanish title of Mary Maria de las Mercedes (Mary of Mercies)
	used as a substitute for the name Maria which was sometimes shunned out of strong religious respect
Words:	merced = the mercy, the grace Latin
Topics:	New Testament
Variants' top ranks:	5:Mercedes Cuba 2010, 59:Mercédesz Hungary 2003
Name variants:	Mercede, Mercedes, Mercédesz Sortable list Details

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Popularity lists that contain the name Mercedes

Series	Graph	Rankings
Cuba prevalence		2010 5
Ecuador prevalence		2013 14
Peru prevalence		2015 30
Spain prevalence		2015 28
Spain/Madrid		2000 100
USA decades	Graph	1990-1999 187, 1980-1989 492
USA yearly	Graph	2014 982, 2013 858, 2012 706, 2011 758, 2010 666, 2009 644, 2008 527, 2007 491, 2006 439, 2005 383, 2004 336, 2003 332, 2002 293, 2001 283, 2000 283, 1999 262, 1998 224, 1997 241, 1996 210, 1995 191, 1994 189, 1993 171

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