Mercedes

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

Racer Emil Jellinek (1853-1918) used to race with the pseudonym "Mercedes", after the affectionate nickname he gave his daughter. He later adopted it as his surname, changing his full name to Jellinek Mercedes. Jellinek went on to help develop the Mercedes (car) car company.

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
• "Mercedes Benz" (song), also known as "The Politician", an a cappella song sung by Janis Joplin

Women with the first name Mercedes

• 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, Princess of Asturias (1880–1904), Spanish royal
• 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
• Reina Mercedes, Isabela, 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 1840s – 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-Euklid, an early 20th-century computing device
• Mercedes College (Adelaide), South Australia
• Mercedes College, Perth, Western Australia
• Mercedes-Benz view, the transscapular Y view of a shoulder x-ray image.

See also

• Mercedita (disambiguation)