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Mercy?

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raintropics · 24/11/2021 10:44

Ideas for names that mean Mercy (either gender)?

Would Mercy itself be a bit too out there?

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KirstenBlest · 24/11/2021 10:49

I know a Mercy. Female.

Mercedes.Anna, Hannah, Joanna, Jane, Jean, Joan etc

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MarvEll · 24/11/2021 10:52

Very personal preference, but I wouldn't choose Mercy or anything that means that. Isn't it just teaching them that they have to be forgiving and grateful all the time 🤨

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wavingwhilstdrowning · 24/11/2021 10:54

I know 2 women called Mercy - both are of African descent. One of them hates her name and thinks it makes people view her as someone who should always be helpful.

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LaLaLouella · 24/11/2021 10:59

As in 'have Mercy in me'? Why on Earth would you saddle a child with a name that has such a strong meaning, and not a particularly positive one!

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17caterpillars1mouse · 24/11/2021 10:59

I think Mercy is a lovely name (as long as it's not short for Mercedes) though I love an uncommon virtue name.

I think Hannah means merciful or maybe God is merciful as it's a biblical name and although well known, I've always thought Hannah is a lovely name

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raintropics · 24/11/2021 11:03

As in having Mercy (compassion) for others.

Anna is already used.Smile

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FriedasCarLoad · 24/11/2021 11:10

Beautiful name.

I think Clement / Clementine means gentle and merciful.

Anna/Hannah means grace. If you wanted the same meaning you could chose Charis, Grace, John, Ian, Jonathan, Joanne or Joanna.

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Santaischeckinglists · 24/11/2021 11:12

Well if it's good enough for Madonna!!

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WhoppingBigBackside · 24/11/2021 11:13

Clemency

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BiBabbles · 24/11/2021 11:32

I like it as a potential nickname for Mercia.

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DotDotDotDotDot · 24/11/2021 11:38

I’ve known a few Mercy’s over the years, all of Nigerian origin.
I’m not generally keen on virtue names anyway, they always seem a lot for children to live up to.

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Judystilldreamsofhorses · 24/11/2021 11:50

I taught a Mercy who was lovely (uni age) but she hated her name. Per PP she had Nigerian heritage.

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AuntDympna · 24/11/2021 12:05

I like Mercy, but I am surprised by what others think it means: to me it is compassion.
Try these:
Mila
Clémentine etc
Ruth
Grace
Eleos, Leonora, Eléonore etc
Pieta, Piedad etc

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urbanbuddha · 24/11/2021 12:09

Not keen on Mercy as a name.
Liberty?

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ParkheadParadise · 24/11/2021 12:16

I don't like it, I would think I'm at Mass every time I said it.🙈

Lord, have mercy. God our Father in Heaven, have mercy on us. God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us. God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.

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FlickerBeat · 24/11/2021 12:31

@wavingwhilstdrowning

I know 2 women called Mercy - both are of African descent. One of them hates her name and thinks it makes people view her as someone who should always be helpful.

Exactly the same here, but I only knew the one.
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Sausagis · 24/11/2021 12:34

Are you a Patricia Briggs fan by any chance?

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maddy68 · 24/11/2021 12:36

Merci is a spanish girls name. It's lovely

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Carboncheque · 24/11/2021 12:37

Portia? (‘The quality of mercy is not strained …’)

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KrispyKale · 24/11/2021 12:40

I do not like it as a given name. It's like Prudence or Charity, just overtly big ideas for an individual to carry off.
Grace is a bit better.
As a Mercian I would not consider Mercia a as a given name either: it's like Wessex or Kent.

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Edenember · 24/11/2021 12:40

I’m not keen. I do like a couple of other virtue names but this is a bit too Puritan for me. Clemence is a more wearable alternative but the pronounciation would be butchered in the UK.

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KrispyKale · 24/11/2021 12:45

Clemency?
A quick Google brought up Anna!?

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MirandaBlu · 24/11/2021 12:53

It's definitely a "virtue name" used in Puritain communities in (what became) the USA. One of the main characters in the novel The Witch of Blackbird Pond, set in Connecticut colony in 1687, is Mercy. Of course not as popular today as similar names like Faith, Grace, Hope. And I wonder if now it would be confused with Marcie, short for Marcia?

Here's what came up in a seach for "mercy, compassion" on behindthename: www.behindthename.com/names/gender/feminine/meaning/mercy,compassion/description/mercy,compassion

I quite like Clémence, or maybe Clementine.

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KrispyKale · 24/11/2021 12:54

Personally I far prefer Ruth.

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raintropics · 24/11/2021 13:31

I do really like Ruth!

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