THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Mercy
Mercy is recorded as a female given name in Tagalog. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Mercy.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ˈmeɾsi/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈmɛɾ.sɪ]Standard-Tagalog
Mer · cy2 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Mercy.
a female given name from English
EnglishEtymology & source
From mercy in the 17th century; one of the less common Puritan virtue names. In modern use sometimes used to anglicize Spanish Mercedes.
A female given name from English.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
2
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Mercy in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Mercy
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Marcy♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Merly·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Merry♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Melay♀Short form of Melissa
- Mely·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Merde·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Merit♀English form: merit
- Merla·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Mercy?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Mercy further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Mercy (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Mercy (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.