src: looseletters.ca
Mercedes is a feminine given name of Latin origin meaning "mercies" (the plural of mercy) from the Latin word merced-, merces, meaning "wages, reward", which in Vulgar Latin acquired the meaning "favour, pity".
Mercedes is also a Latin title referring to the Virgin Mary, Maria de las Mercedes ("Our Lady of Mercy") or ("Mary of Mercies").
Video Mercedes (name)
Given name
- Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (1880-1904), Spanish royal
- Mercedes de Acosta (1893-1968), poet and socialite
- Mercedes Bass, American philanthropist.
- Mercedes Bresso (born 1944), Italian politician
- Mercedes Calderón (born 1965), Cuban volleyball player
- Mercedes Helnwein (born 1979), Austrian artist, writer and filmmaker
- Mercédès Jellinek (1889-1929), the namesake for Mercedes-Benz automobiles
- Mercedes Lackey (born 1950), fantasy author
- Mercedes Lambre (born 1992), Argentine actress
- Mercedes Lander, drummer for Canadian alt-metal band Kittie
- Mercedes McCambridge (1916-2004), actress
- Mercedes McNab (born 1980), Canadian-born actress
- Mercedes of Orléans (1860-1878), queen consort of Spain
- Mercedes Pérez (born 1987), Colombian weightlifter
- Mercedes Peris (born 1985), Spanish backstroke swimmer
- Mercedes Ruehl (born 1948), U.S. actress
- Mercedes Sahores (born 1974), Argentine ski mountaineer and mountain climber
- Mercedes Sosa (1935-2009), Argentine singer
- Mercédesz Stieber (born 1974), Hungarian water polo player
- Mercedes Yvette Scelba-Shorte (born 1981), fashion model and actress
- Mercedes (singer), stage name of R&B and hip-hop singer Raquel Miller
Maps Mercedes (name)
Surname
- Eleoncio Mercedes (1957-1985), boxer
- Nina Mercedez, pornographic actress
src: static2.businessinsider.com
Fictional characters
- Mercédès, in the Alexandre Dumas novel The Count of Monte Cristo
- Mercedes, in Jack London's novel The Call of the Wild
- Mercedes Mercy Thompson, protagonist of a novel series by Patricia Briggs
- Mercedes, in the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet
- Mercedes Jones, from the TV series Glee
- Mercedes McQueen, in the British soap opera Hollyoaks
- Mercedes Lane, Heather Graham's character in the 1988 film License to Drive
- Mercedes, one of the five main characters of the video game Odin Sphere
- Mercedes "Meche" Colomar, from the video game Grim Fandango
- Mercedes Cortez, from the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Mercedes, one of the five Heroes in the MMORPG MapleStory
src: i.ytimg.com
See also
- Mercedes (disambiguation)
Source of the article : Wikipedia