Mercedes Forename
670th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,210,471 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Cuba
Mercedes Forename Definition:
A female name. Spanish elliptical for Maria de Mercedes, ‘Mary of Mercies’, an epithet of the Blessed Virgin. Maria is seldom if ever used as a christian name in Spain, being considered too sacred (see also Dolores). Mercedes has been used a good deal in France and occasionally borrowed in England.
Read More About This ForenameMercedes Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 100% | 140,291 | 1:332 | 62 |
| Argentina | 96% | 129,644 | 1:330 | 77 |
| Mexico | 98% | 125,270 | 1:991 | 198 |
| Cuba | - | 111,868 | 1:103 | 16 |
| Colombia | 100% | 91,442 | 1:523 | 92 |
| Peru | 94% | 91,094 | 1:349 | 46 |
| Ecuador | - | 69,894 | 1:254 | 40 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 67,049 | 1:156 | 17 |
| United States | 100% | 61,643 | 1:5,881 | 787 |
| Philippines | 99% | 61,379 | 1:1,727 | 365 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 51,988 | 1:581 | 73 |
| Brazil | 100% | 30,457 | 1:7,034 | 867 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 22,649 | 1:468 | 98 |
| Chile | 99% | 21,847 | 1:806 | 172 |
| Nicaragua | 85% | 20,677 | 1:291 | 30 |
| El Salvador | - | 20,290 | 1:313 | 48 |
| Paraguay | 95% | 19,659 | 1:368 | 63 |
| Honduras | 100% | 16,715 | 1:528 | 87 |
| Guatemala | 83% | 16,240 | 1:992 | 212 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 6,443 | 1:177 | 41 |
| Costa Rica | 98% | 5,200 | 1:917 | 199 |
| Panama | 100% | 5,041 | 1:775 | 118 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 3,119 | 1:1,099 | 194 |
| France | 100% | 2,459 | 1:27,031 | 1,091 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,713 | 1:19,342 | 1,780 |
| Angola | - | 1,620 | 1:16,646 | 1,564 |
| England | 100% | 1,390 | 1:40,002 | 2,042 |
| Italy | 98% | 1,149 | 1:53,144 | 1,385 |
| Germany | 99% | 1,098 | 1:88,049 | 1,957 |
| Portugal | - | 950 | 1:10,959 | 649 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 920 | 1:3,859 | 397 |
| Ghana | 100% | 899 | 1:30,018 | 1,918 |
| Israel | 100% | 764 | 1:10,999 | 1,340 |
| Netherlands | 99% | 669 | 1:25,265 | 2,224 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 631 | 1:13,017 | 1,140 |
| Belgium | 100% | 480 | 1:23,938 | 1,685 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 330 | 1:472 | 130 |
| Poland | 75% | 330 | 1:115,234 | 2,410 |
| Saint Martin | - | 307 | 1:116 | 41 |
| Jamaica | - | 265 | 1:10,880 | 1,199 |
| Tanzania | 97% | 257 | 1:205,402 | 8,476 |
| Thailand | 100% | 257 | 1:272,630 | 15,991 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Haiti | 100% | 221 | 1:48,538 | 3,246 |
| South Africa | 94% | 198 | 1:275,417 | 16,004 |
| Andorra | - | 192 | 1:432 | 74 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 175 | 1:123,489 | 6,046 |
| Hungary | 100% | 170 | 1:57,599 | 581 |
| Belize | 100% | 162 | 1:2,187 | 500 |
| Sweden | 99% | 157 | 1:62,789 | 3,083 |
| Australia | - | 145 | 1:94,190 | 3,475 |
| Romania | 100% | 141 | 1:142,213 | 5,589 |
| Morocco | - | 136 | 1:252,564 | 6,008 |
| Aruba | - | 134 | 1:774 | 138 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 120 | 1:198,081 | 17,726 |
| Egypt | 50% | 108 | 1:850,935 | 16,903 |
| Austria | 100% | 90 | 1:94,602 | 2,047 |
| Lebanon | 96% | 86 | 1:65,437 | 2,673 |
| Guam | - | 80 | 1:2,008 | 435 |
| Czechia | 70% | 79 | 1:134,888 | 1,314 |
| Micronesia | - | 79 | 1:1,348 | 215 |
| New Zealand | - | 78 | 1:58,154 | 2,996 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 76 | 1:1,444 | 297 |
| Ireland | 100% | 67 | 1:69,306 | 1,986 |
| Bahamas | - | 61 | 1:6,547 | 958 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 61 | 1:896 | 182 |
| Scotland | 99% | 60 | 1:89,173 | 2,197 |
| Zimbabwe | 59% | 56 | 1:275,425 | 15,115 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 55 | 1:24,753 | 2,750 |
| Cape Verde | - | 44 | 1:12,026 | 1,149 |
| Norway | 100% | 42 | 1:122,198 | 3,685 |
| DR Congo | 67% | 41 | 1:1,800,673 | 45,176 |
| Croatia | 100% | 38 | 1:110,976 | 2,598 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 37 | 1:4,799,037 | 71,690 |
| Denmark | - | 35 | 1:161,414 | 3,904 |
| French Polynesia | - | 32 | 1:8,684 | 1,174 |
| Albania | 98% | 31 | 1:98,276 | 6,887 |
| Russia | 60% | 30 | 1:4,807,790 | 23,740 |
| China | - | 29 | 1:47,105,372 | 62,105 |
| Guyana | 100% | 28 | 1:27,259 | 3,059 |
| Mozambique | - | 25 | 1:1,089,734 | 1,713 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 25 | 1:98,350 | 2,852 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 24 | 1:2,554 | 554 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 22 | 1:25,639 | 1,366 |
| Qatar | 100% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| Finland | 100% | 19 | 1:288,589 | 4,209 |
| Wales | 100% | 19 | 1:162,858 | 3,204 |
| Estonia | 100% | 17 | 1:77,375 | 3,612 |
| India | 100% | 17 | 1:71,463,410 | 1,089,744 |
| Greece | 100% | 16 | 1:683,409 | 7,898 |
| Hong Kong | - | 16 | 1:484,545 | 4,322 |
| Malaysia | 92% | 15 | 1:2,029,996 | 58,888 |
| Japan | - | 14 | 1:9,141,861 | 33,787 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 13 | 1:4,220 | 766 |
| Singapore | 100% | 13 | 1:483,620 | 11,161 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 13 | 1:2,670 | 563 |
| Senegal | 100% | 12 | 1:1,215,113 | 10,353 |
| Indonesia | - | 11 | 1:23,451,243 | 565,442 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 10 | 1:715,199 | 24,449 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Kenya | - | 9 | 1:5,145,234 | 27,509 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 5 | 1:4,615,187 | 69,481 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Monaco | 100% | 5 | 1:7,693 | 1,062 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Jordan | - | 4 | 1:2,206,694 | 7,695 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,327,516 | 4,597 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 3 | 1:59,272 | 4,116 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 3 | 1:37,193 | 3,592 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Belarus | - | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Congo | 50% | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| Liberia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,206,030 | 27,695 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 2 | 1:4,076,157 | 155,819 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| San Marino | 100% | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Uganda | - | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Mercédes (59), Merçedes (6), Mercedès (3), Mercêdes (3), Mercedés (2), Mércedes (1), Mercèdes (1), Mercédès (67), Mercédés (2) & Mércedès (1) are calculated separately.
Mercedes (22,482) may also be a surname.
Mercedes Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Spanish elliptical for Maria de Mercedes, ‘Mary of Mercies’, an epithet of the Blessed Virgin. Maria is seldom if ever used as a christian name in Spain, being considered too sacred (see also Dolores). Mercedes has been used a good deal in France and occasionally borrowed in England.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Spanish (feminine) - Grace, favour (also title of honour).
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Spanish (feminine) - A gift, a favour, also 'thanks.’
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Latin (feminine) - Favour.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Spanish (feminine) - Favour.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Latin name, meaning: Rewards: recompenses.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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Sample size: 8,500 (2014)
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