Meaning: ("Compassion, Forebearance, Forgiveness, Pity". A virtue name popular with the Puritans in the 16th & 17th Centuries.)
Origin: (English, Latin)
Pronunciation: (MER-see)
Gender: Female
Literature wise I saw this mentioned though I have never read these books: Mercy Thompson is the coyote-shapeshifter star of Patricia Briggs's Mercy Thompson series, a strong, intelligent kick-butt heroine. I think Mercy is a cute virtue name. I actually like it better than Grace & Faith which seem more popular.
In the Patricia Briggs books, Mercy is actually a nickname for Mercedes.
ReplyDeleteI have never read the Patricia Briggs books as I mentioned above but I think I did read that Mercy was the nickname for Mercedes in her stories. I just forgot to put that in my description above.
DeleteThanks for putting it down though in your comment.