as a Last Name
- 2,982
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Merced
Meaning & Origins
Spanish: from a short form of the Marian name Nuestra Señora de la Merced ‘Our Lady of Grace’, from merced ‘grace’, ‘mercy’.
| 10,693rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 2,982
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Puerto Rico
- has the most people named Merced per capita
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