Mercy

Mercy is a feminine given name or nickname which may refer to:
Mercy Aigbe Gentry (born 1979), Nigerian actress, director and businesswoman
Mercy Akide (born 1975), Nigerian former footballer
Mercy Joseph (born 1992), Kenyan badminton player
Mercy Lewis (c. 1675/75-17??), an accuser in the Salem Witch Trials
Mercy Wanjiku (born 1986), Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the steeplechase
Mercy Otis Warren (1727-1814), political writer and propagandist of the American Revolution
Chifundo "Mercy" James, daughter of pop star Madonna

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Late 12c., "God's forgiveness of his creatures' offenses," from Old French mercit, merci (9c.) "reward, gift; kindness, grace, pity," from Latin mercedem (nominative merces) "reward, wages, pay hire" (in Vulgar Latin "favor, pity"), from merx (genitive mercis) "wares, merchandise" (see market (n.)). In Church Latin (6c.) applied to the heavenly reward of those who show kindness to the helpless. Meaning "disposition to forgive or show compassion" is attested from early 13c. As an interjection, attested from mid-13c. In French largely superseded by miséricorde except as a word of thanks. Seat of mercy "golden covering of the Ark of the Covenant" (1530) is Tyndale's loan-translation of Luther's gnadenstuhl, an inexact rendering of Hebrew kapporeth, literally "propitiatory."

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Compassion, forgiveness, pity. Derived from the Latin merces: payment, reward.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Mercy Graves
2	Mercy Johnson	1984	Nigerian actress
3	Mercy Otis Warren	1728	American writer
4	Mercy Lewis	1675	Accuser of the Salem witch trials
5	Mercy Aigbe Gentry	1979	Nigerian actor
6	Mercy		Fictional supervillain in the Marvel Universe
7	Dr. Angela Ziegler		Player character appearing in the 2016 video game Overwatch, a Blizzard Entertainment–developed first-person shooter, and its related animated and literary media
8	Mercy Olubunmi
9	Mercy Cherono	1991	Kenyan long-distance runner
10	Mercy Akide	1975	Association football player
11	Franz von Mercy	1597	German general
12	Mercy Malick
13	Mercy Kuttan	1960	Athletics competitor
14	Mercy Dee Walton	1915	American jump blues pianist, singer and songwriter
15	Lord Have Mercy	1973	Rapper
16	Mercy Oduyoye	1934	Ghanaian theologian
17	Ohemaa Mercy	1977	Ghanaian contemporary gospel singer
18	Mercy Ravi	1946	Indian politician
19	Mercy Abang-Asu	1984	Journalist
20	Count Claude Florimond de Mercy	1666	Austrian Imperial field marshal
21	Mercy Myra		Kenyan musician
22	Dominique Mercy	1950	French dancer
23	Mercy Manci	1955	HIV activist
24	Mercy Edirisinghe	1945	Singer
25	Mercy Nku	1976	Nigerian sprinter
26	Mercy Williams	1947	Indian politician; Mayor of Kochi
27	Mercy Harbison		American writer
28	Mercy Brown	1996
29	Mercy Baby	1930	American musician
30	Mercy Moim	1989
31	Mercy Obiero	1978	Weightlifter
32	David Mercy
33	Mercy Addy	1964	Ghanaian sprinter
34	Mercy Wanjiku	1986	Kenyan steeplechase athlete
35	Mercy Hatton	1891	British actress
36	Abang Mercy
37	Mercy Hunter	1910
38	Mercy B. Jackson	1802
39	Heinrich Mercy	1826	Czech member of Czech council, publisher and entrepreneur
40	Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh	1936	Ghanaian writer
41	Marie-Charles-Isidore de Mercy	1736	French politician
42	Mercy Murugi		Kenyan film producer
43	Mercy Wesutila	1976
44	Mercy Yvonne Debrah-Karikari
45	Adalbert I of Mercy		Bishop of Verdun
46	Mercy Seiradaki	1910
47	Mercy Tagoe	1974
48	Mercy Myles	1992	Ghanaian association football player
49	Mercy Genesis	1997
50	Wilhelm Mercy	1753
51	Mercy Joseph	1992	Badminton player
52	Mercy Jerotich Kibarus	1984	Kenyan athletics competitor
53	Roger of Mercy		Bishop of Toul
54	Mercy Bampo Addo