Mercy?

[raintropics]

Ideas for names that mean Mercy (either gender)?

Would Mercy itself be a bit too out there?

[TrashyPanda]

I just think of Roy Orbison singing Pretty Woman!

[CouncilHousedAndViolentBaby]

I love that song by Duffy🥰

[CouncilHousedAndViolentBaby]

Pretty tho would probably think it's short for Mercedes (Hollyoaks fault🙈)

[Luredbyapomegranate]

It's a bit much I think.

Maybe a more moderate virtue name like Hope or Faith? Or something like Marianne, Maria, Miriam, Maryam.

[Scarby9]

Near synonyms - Grace, Charity, Clemency.
I love Clemency - Clem or Clemmie.
I know a Mercia aged 87 - always lnown as Merce.

[Mymymycorona]

I know a Mercy. She is one of the loveliest humans I have ever encountered so to me it is a beautiful name. For a girl. Not so sure it would work on a boy.

[BubbleCoffee]

I like it. I know it appears in Christian services, but then so does Grace and that's very popular.

[nocoolnamesleft]

Like the Ruth idea.

[miltonj]

I like mercy. I knew one as a child. From the states. I'd go for it.

[PAFMO]

I'd also presume it was an Anglicisation of Mercedes. Or someone very puritanically old church. Or was a fan of Mercy Dulbottle in the Jill books.
In itself it's not awful. It sounds OK. It means something nice.
But not sure I'd want to be called it.

[UsernameIsHarderThanBabyName]

Not keen on Mercy but love Ruth

[RupertOscar1999]

Mercedes and Mercy as the nn. Hannah and Annabella are also cute. And for boy names I found Armo and Ashane nn Shane.