Mercedes

Mercedes is a girl's name of Spanish origin, referring to a title for the Virgin Mary, "Our Lady of Mercy".

The word may also refer to:

Automobile-related

• Mercedes (car), the pre-1927 brand name of German automobile models and engines built by Daimler company
• Mercedes-Benz, the post-1926 German brand of automobiles, engines, and trucks owned by Daimler AG
• Mercedes-AMG, a subdivision of Daimler AG providing high-powered models
• Mercedes GP, Formula One racing team
• American Mercedes (1904 automobile), a company licensed to build Mercedes automobiles in America

Women with the first name Mercedes

• Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (1880–1904), Spanish royal
• Mercedes de Acosta (1893–1968), poet and socialite
• Mercedes Bresso (born 1944), Italian politician
• Mercedes Calderón (born 1965), Cuban volleyball player
• Mercédès Jellinek (1889–1929), the namesake for Mercedes-Benz automobiles
• Mercedes Lackey (born 1950), fantasy author
• Mercedes Lander, drummer for Canadian alt-metal band Kittie
• Mercedes McCambridge (1916–2004), actress
• Mercedes McNab (born 1980), Canadian-born actress
• Mercedes of Orléans (1860–1878), queen consort of Spain
• Mercedes Pérez (born 1987), Colombian weightlifter
• Mercedes Peris (born 1985), Spanish backstroke swimmer
• Mercedes Ruehl (born 1948), U.S. actress
• Mercedes Sosa (1935–2009), Argentine singer
• Mercedes Stephenson, Canadian military analyst and media personality
• Mercédesz Stieber (born 1974), Hungarian water polo player
• Mercedes Yvette Scelba-Shorte (born 1981), fashion model and actress
• Mercedes (singer), stage name of R&B and hip-hop singer Raquel Miller

People with the last name Mercedes

• Eleoncio Mercedes (1957–1985), boxer
• Nina Mercedez, pornographic actress

Fictional characters

• Mercédès, character in Alexandre Dumas's novel The Count of Monte Cristo
• Mercedes McQueen, character in the British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Mercedes, one of the five main characters of Odin Sphere
• Mercedes, a character in the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet
• Mercedes Jones, a character from the TV series Glee
• Mercedes "Meche" Colomar, a character from the video game Grim Fandango
• Mercedes Cortez, a character from the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Places

• Mercedes, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
• Mercedes, Corrientes, Argentina
• Mercedes, Camarines Norte, Philippines
• Mercedes, Eastern Samar, Philippines
• Mercedes, Texas, United States
• Mercedes, Uruguay

Ships

• Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, a Spanish treasure ship sunk by the British in 1804
• Mercedes (shipwreck), a freighter shipwrecked off Florida in 1984
• Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes, a cruiser that was scuttled as a blockship in 1898. It was later salvaged and saw service with the United States Navy as USS Reina Mercedes (IX-25)
• USS Mercedes (YT-108) – see List of United States Navy ships: M
• BAP Mercedes, a Peruvian Navy frigate in service from the 1840s to the 1850s
• RFA Mercedes, a collier which served with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Other uses

• Mercedes, a proposed gossamer-winged butterfly genus nowadays again included in Calycopis
• "Mercedes", a song by Joseph Arthur, featured on the album Big City Secrets
• Mercedes College (Adelaide), South Australia
• Mercedes College, Perth, Western Australia

See also

• Mercedes-Euklid, an early 20th-century computing device
• Mercedita (disambiguation)