Mercer
A unisex name of Old French origin, meaning merchant or dealer in textiles.
Babies a year
47
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Mercer by the numbers
Mercer was given to 47 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 44 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mercer. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a craft or trade
Like Mercer, each of these has a craft or trade in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Ameliawork, industriousness2,153 in England and Wales (2025)
- Graysonson of the steward8,767 in the US (2017)
- Penelopeweaver; wife of Odysseus1,174 in England and Wales (2025)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Chaseto hunt; one who hunts4,207 in the US (2017)
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