Gracious gifts or mercies
A phonetic variant of the Spanish name Mercedes. It refers to the Virgin Mary as 'Maria de las Mercedes', meaning Mary of Mercies, derived from the Latin word for reward or ransom.
Less common today
Mersades isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #5,009 in 1994.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
