Mercy Forename
497th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,483,998 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Kenya
Mercy Forename Definition:
A female name. came into use as a christian name in the 17th C along with other similar names, e.g. Faith, Hope, Charity, &c.
Mercy Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 482,085 | 1:368 | 43 |
| Kenya | 100% | 438,187 | 1:106 | 5 |
| Malawi | 100% | 122,302 | 1:140 | 5 |
| Philippines | 99% | 83,683 | 1:1,267 | 256 |
| Ghana | 100% | 82,649 | 1:327 | 61 |
| Zambia | - | 67,201 | 1:236 | 34 |
| India | 100% | 27,890 | 1:43,560 | 5,941 |
| Uganda | 98% | 23,584 | 1:1,737 | 269 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 23,572 | 1:654 | 108 |
| Ecuador | - | 20,445 | 1:867 | 175 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 15,121 | 1:3,491 | 618 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 13,617 | 1:1,587 | 325 |
| Liberia | 99% | 13,392 | 1:329 | 64 |
| Sudan | 100% | 11,502 | 1:3,287 | 564 |
| United States | 100% | 11,079 | 1:32,723 | 2,180 |
| South Africa | 99% | 8,020 | 1:6,800 | 1,258 |
| Colombia | 100% | 4,546 | 1:10,510 | 923 |
| Peru | 99% | 3,014 | 1:10,548 | 1,165 |
| England | 100% | 2,964 | 1:18,759 | 1,218 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 2,774 | 1:35,169 | 3,981 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,675 | 1:96,435 | 10,922 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 2,175 | 1:5,228 | 928 |
| Namibia | - | 2,086 | 1:1,153 | 240 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1,535 | 1:1,423 | 262 |
| Egypt | 95% | 1,410 | 1:65,178 | 3,432 |
| Honduras | 100% | 1,359 | 1:6,488 | 771 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,176 | 1:25,682 | 1,981 |
| Mexico | 100% | 1,145 | 1:108,423 | 2,664 |
| Togo | - | 989 | 1:7,320 | 1,126 |
| Canada | 100% | 986 | 1:33,604 | 2,572 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 858 | 1:24,241 | 3,095 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 737 | 1:21,857 | 1,231 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 713 | 1:10,031 | 1,126 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 699 | 1:44,081 | 5,366 |
| Papua New Guinea | 91% | 671 | 1:12,149 | 1,225 |
| Cuba | - | 542 | 1:21,230 | 1,093 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 496 | 1:1,171 | 230 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 444 | 1:23,877 | 1,536 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 414 | 1:57,415 | 8,305 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 402 | 1:25,948 | 2,220 |
| Congo | 50% | 384 | 1:13,045 | 1,546 |
| Brazil | 100% | 306 | 1:700,118 | 20,566 |
| El Salvador | - | 290 | 1:21,868 | 1,097 |
| Spain | 100% | 254 | 1:183,189 | 3,907 |
| Poland | 50% | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 231 | 1:131,818 | 8,609 |
| Germany | 97% | 219 | 1:441,451 | 4,920 |
| Ireland | 100% | 214 | 1:21,699 | 1,036 |
| Australia | - | 211 | 1:64,728 | 2,797 |
| Kuwait | - | 190 | 1:19,922 | 2,136 |
| Afghanistan | 88% | 189 | 1:172,611 | 4,688 |
| Oman | - | 157 | 1:26,170 | 1,993 |
| DR Congo | 69% | 130 | 1:567,905 | 19,370 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 119 | 1:142,034 | 6,271 |
| Micronesia | - | 111 | 1:959 | 150 |
| China | - | 105 | 1:13,010,055 | 59,871 |
| Sweden | 98% | 87 | 1:113,309 | 4,715 |
| Scotland | 100% | 84 | 1:63,695 | 1,809 |
| Chile | 94% | 73 | 1:241,195 | 4,052 |
| Thailand | 90% | 66 | 1:1,061,603 | 37,817 |
| Belgium | 100% | 64 | 1:179,532 | 4,666 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| New Zealand | - | 54 | 1:84,001 | 3,804 |
| Singapore | 100% | 54 | 1:116,427 | 7,626 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 52 | 1:985 | 106 |
| France | 100% | 51 | 1:1,303,340 | 9,131 |
| Myanmar | - | 49 | 1:1,060,169 | 627 |
| Italy | 95% | 48 | 1:1,272,127 | 10,311 |
| Norway | 100% | 47 | 1:109,198 | 3,431 |
| Switzerland | 99% | 40 | 1:205,337 | 4,731 |
| Wales | 100% | 40 | 1:77,358 | 2,170 |
| Hong Kong | - | 32 | 1:242,273 | 3,429 |
| Denmark | - | 31 | 1:182,242 | 4,200 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 31 | 1:114,526 | 2,019 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Qatar | 98% | 26 | 1:91,139 | 11,761 |
| Greece | 100% | 25 | 1:437,382 | 6,259 |
| Guam | - | 24 | 1:6,694 | 1,054 |
| Nicaragua | 88% | 24 | 1:250,764 | 5,796 |
| Ivory Coast | 90% | 19 | 1:1,214,523 | 33,777 |
| Jamaica | - | 19 | 1:151,749 | 5,606 |
| Panama | 100% | 18 | 1:217,031 | 8,112 |
| Libya | - | 16 | 1:388,832 | 1,019 |
| South Sudan | 96% | 16 | 1:721,939 | 1,033 |
| Austria | 100% | 15 | 1:567,613 | 5,057 |
| Iraq | - | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Japan | - | 14 | 1:9,141,861 | 33,787 |
| Belize | 100% | 13 | 1:27,255 | 2,702 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 13 | 1:366,765 | 6,353 |
| Finland | 71% | 13 | 1:421,783 | 5,250 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 13 | 1:104,725 | 7,155 |
| Benin | 100% | 12 | 1:881,320 | 23,430 |
| Croatia | 100% | 12 | 1:351,423 | 4,684 |
| Senegal | - | 12 | 1:1,215,113 | 10,353 |
| Haiti | - | 10 | 1:1,072,695 | 14,984 |
| Russia | 100% | 10 | 1:14,423,370 | 48,053 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Somalia | - | 9 | 1:1,502,874 | 3,918 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 8 | 1:24,294,710 | 113,215 |
| Hungary | 93% | 7 | 1:1,398,824 | 3,444 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Israel | 100% | 6 | 1:1,400,486 | 16,782 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Argentina | 67% | 5 | 1:8,554,649 | 17,386 |
| Guyana | - | 5 | 1:152,652 | 10,224 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 5 | 1:22,316 | 2,594 |
| Vietnam | - | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Lebanon | - | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Nauru | 100% | 4 | 1:2,982 | 284 |
| South Korea | - | 4 | 1:1,386,105 | 20,690 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 3 | 1:679,999 | 29,822 |
| Mauritius | - | 3 | 1:432,595 | 7,262 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Cape Verde | - | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Czechia | 94% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Mércy (2) are calculated separately.
Mercy (21,127) may also be a surname.
Mercy Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. came into use as a christian name in the 17th C along with other similar names, e.g. Faith, Hope, Charity, &c.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Popular in C17 among the Puritans, it has steadily lost favour until it has become the rarest of the abstract-virtue group off. ‘Christians’: Faith, Hope, Charity, Honor, Patience, Prudence, etc.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A common female name which explains itself. It has been Latinised Misericordia, which is found as an English name.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A Latin name, meaning: Compassion.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Mercy Forename Popularity
Mercy Demographics
Mercy Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 33 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
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