Merci
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 47 babies a year in the US.
Merci by the numbers
Merci was given to 47 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Merci
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Merci. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mercycompassion or forgiveness370 in the US (2017)
- Marciof mars; a form of Marcus or Marcia25 in the US (2017)
- Merciecompassion, mercy; a form of Mercy9 in the US (2017)
- Merithe sea3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Merricheerful; joyful; a short form of merry
- Meccathe holy city; a place of pilgrimage83 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Merci
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