Given name
Mercie
“one who shows compassion and pity”
Mercie is a variant of Mercy. One English interpretation is “one who shows compassion and pity.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mercie is a variant of Mercy. One English interpretation is “one who shows compassion and pity.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mercie is a variant of Mercy. An origin associated with Mercy is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1902. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mercie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 491
- 0 boys · 491 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,271 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,271 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 402 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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