Mercedes (name)

Mercedes is a feminine given name of Spanish origin, referring to a title for the Virgin Mary, "Our Lady of Mercy".

List of people with the given name Mercedes

• Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (1880–1904), Spanish royal
• Mercedes de Acosta (1893–1968), poet and socialite
• Mercedes Bresso (born 1944), Italian politician
• Mercedes Calderón (born 1965), Cuban volleyball player
• Mercédès Jellinek (1889–1929), the namesake for Mercedes-Benz automobiles
• Mercedes Lackey (born 1950), fantasy author
• 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

Second name

• Lilian Mercedes Letona (1954–1983), Salvadoran guerrilla and revolutionary

Fictional characters

• Mercédès, character in Alexandre Dumas's novel The Count of Monte Cristo
• Mercedes McQueen, character in the British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Mercedes, one of the five main characters of Odin Sphere
• Mercedes, a character in the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet
• Mercedes Lane, Heather Graham's character in the 1988 film License to Drive
• Mercedes Jones, a character from the TV series Glee
• Mercedes "Meche" Colomar, a character from the video game Grim Fandango
• Mercedes Cortez, a character from the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Mercedes, one of the five Heroes in MapleStory
• Mercedes Thompson (Mercy), character urban fantasy by Patricia Briggs

List of people with the surname Mercedes

• Eleoncio Mercedes (1957–1985), boxer
• Nina Mercedez, pornographic actress

See also

• Mercedes (disambiguation)

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