Meaning of the nameMercês

Female
Latin origin
Mer-cês

Mercês is a female name, the plural of the Portuguese word mercê, 'favor granted, grace', which comes from the Latin merces.

Meaning

“mercy, favor granted”

Source: Priberam: mercê

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People (2022): 2,011
Rank in Brazil: #5,099
Median age: 64 years
2010 Census: 3,000; people

Mercês in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Mercês, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (538 people).

1,970 women 41 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Mercês is most common

States with the highest share of people named Mercês in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Minas Gerais 0.005%
Pará 0.002%
São Paulo 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	1,067	0.005%
São Paulo	248	0.001%
Pará	141	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	93	0.001%
Bahia	65	0.001%
Goiás	56	0.001%
Paraná	43	0.000%
Maranhão	43	0.001%
Piauí	35	0.001%
Pernambuco	30	0.000%
Tocantins	29	0.002%
Distrito Federal	25	0.001%
Ceará	23	0.000%
Santa Catarina	19	0.000%
Paraíba	17	0.000%
Rio Grande do Sul	15	0.000%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Mercês

Mercês is the plural of mercê, a Portuguese word for the granting of a favor, a kindness or a benefit. Priberam derives it from the Latin merces, which meant wage, reward or price, among other senses. Mercês is also the name of a city in Minas Gerais and of a neighborhood in Lisbon. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,011 people named Mercês, with a median age of 64. The name is almost always female, and the peak is among those born in the 1950s.

Sources

Priberam: mercê · dicionario.priberam.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Mercês · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Mercês

What does the name Mercês mean?

Mercês means “mercy, favor granted”, according to Priberam.

How many people are named Mercês in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,011 people with the first name Mercês, which ranks it number 5,099 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Mercês a boy's or a girl's name?

Mercês is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,970 women and 41 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Mercês?

Mercês is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Mercês most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.005% of the state's population is named Mercês (1,067 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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