Mercedes

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Danish
Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

Spanish name

From the liturgical title Maria de las Mercedes (literally Maria of Mercies, in English Our Lady of Ransom). Latin mercēdes originally meant 'wages, ransom' ^[1]

Related Names

Mercedes	♀
Mercy	♀

Further Information

In Christian theology, Christ's sacrifice is regarded as a 'ransom for the sins of mankind', and hence an 'act of ransom' was seen as identical with an 'act of mercy' ^[1]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[2]		199	1309	1	4
Denmark[3]		84	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[4]		21	40	0	0
Finland[5]		n.a.	280	n.a	2
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Mercedes.

Sources: ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

References

1. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi