Mercedes (name)
Mercedes is a feminine given name of Spanish origin, referring to a title for the Virgin Mary, Maria de las Mercedes ("Our Lady of Mercy").
Given name
- Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (1880–1904), Spanish royal
- Mercedes de Acosta (1893–1968), poet and socialite
- Mercedes Bass, American philanthropist.
- Mercedes Bresso (born 1944), Italian politician
- Mercedes Calderón (born 1965), Cuban volleyball player
- Mercedes Helnwein (born 1979), Austrian artist, writer and filmmaker
- 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
Surname
- Eleoncio Mercedes (1957–1985), boxer
- Nina Mercedez, pornographic actress
Fictional characters
- Mercédès, in the Alexandre Dumas novel The Count of Monte Cristo
- Mercedes, in Jack London's novel The Call of the Wild
- Mercedes Mercy Thompson, protagonist of a novel series by Patricia Briggs
- Mercedes, in the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet
- Mercedes Jones, from the TV series Glee
- Mercedes McQueen, in the British soap opera Hollyoaks
- Mercedes Lane, Heather Graham's character in the 1988 film License to Drive
- Mercedes, one of the five main characters of the video game Odin Sphere
- Mercedes "Meche" Colomar, from the video game Grim Fandango
- Mercedes Cortez, from the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Mercedes, one of the five Heroes in the MMORPG MapleStory
See also
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