The baby name Mersy is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced MER-see (phonetic: /ˈmɜrsi/ or US /ˈmɝsi/).
Mersy is English in Origin.
The baby name Mersy is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced MER-see (phonetic: /ˈmɜrsi/ or US /ˈmɝsi/).
Mersy is English in Origin.
Mersy is a modern respelling of the English virtue name Mercy, from Old French merci and Latin merces, colored by the Christian ideal of misericordia. It denotes compassion, clemency, and divine grace. The spelling also echoes Spanish Mercedes (“Our Lady of Mercy”) and Catalan Mercè.
As a given name, Mercy flourished with English Puritans in the 16th–17th centuries and crossed to colonial America, reviving periodically since the Victorian era. Mersy itself is very rare, emerging late in the 20th century as a creative, phonetic twist; it may also read as a place-inspired nod to the River Mersey or a transferred surname. Variants and related forms include Mercy, Mercie, Merci, Mersey, and Mersi; international cognates Mercedes, Merced, Mercè; nicknames Merry, Merce, or Meri. Predominantly feminine, but usable unisex today.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HN | Girls | 0 | #38 | 1 | 884 |
| GR | 0 | #135 | 1 | 3,911 | |
| BW | Girls | 0 | #151 | 1 | 4,216 |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #237 | 1 | 7,146 |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #249 | 1 | 6,293 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #253 | 1 | 6,830 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #305 | 1 | 6,530 |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #332 | 1 | 5,862 |
| GT | 0 | #337 | 2 | 5,948 | |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #343 | 1 | 15,378 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #495 | 11 | 7,500 |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #518 | 1 | 9,861 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #545 | 1 | 8,334 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #555 | 7 | 19,177 |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #560 | 1 | 11,671 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #565 | 1 | 10,162 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #573 | 1 | 11,342 |
| BH | 0 | #587 | 1 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #632 | 1 | 18,916 |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #648 | 4 | 9,488 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #654 | 1 | 13,121 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #696 | 2 | 13,071 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #825 | 2 | 15,093 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #915 | 1 | 14,098 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #922 | 4 | 15,035 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #922 | 22 | 14,861 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #926 | 1 | 14,506 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #981 | 1 | 15,656 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,007 | 3 | 14,742 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,012 | 3 | 25,931 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,052 | 27 | 16,140 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,066 | 7 | 24,821 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,171 | 13 | 17,781 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,180 | 3 | 25,439 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,236 | 1 | 25,928 |
Mersy is popular in 30 countries — most recent births per country:
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