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I had a friend in nursing school named Mercy, she was from Nigeria and extremely smart and sweet, so I have a good association with it. Her name was often mistaken for Marcy, though. But some of her older patients liked to call her "Nursie Mercy". (I also know that fellow nurse here at BtN, Lillian, also loves the name Mercy. :b) Her mn was Fatima, btw.

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I wouldn't necessarily use it, but only because there are other names I love more. I would love it on someone else's child, though. If I had to or wanted to use a virtue name, though, it would be on the top of the list. :)

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~Heather~
"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" - Ernest Gaines
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will know peace" - Jimi Hendrix

I think Mercy is a very pretty name, though I'd most likely use it as a mn. Suggestions:

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Mercy Lilith
Mercy Gabriela
Mercy Annabel
Mercy Juliet
Mercy Genevieve
Mercy Adelaide
Mercy Francesca
Mercy Noelle
Mercy Astrid
Mercy Sunshine
Mercy Louise
Mercy Margo
Mercy Willow
Mercy Ophelia
Mercy Vivian
Mercy Pearl
Mercy Margaret
Mercy Violet
Mercy Ida
Mercy Evangeline
Mercy Matilda
Mercy June
Mercy Jane

I couldn't use it because then I'd have to refer to "when I had Mercy..."

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I think it's nice, I love Mer- names and it's attractive and usable. It's just not quite my style. I guess because the concept of mercy implies the concept of peril or sin, and so the name is vaguely melancholy to me.

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Oh, and it fails the boom boom test most ridiculously.

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- mirfak

This message was edited 8/20/2006, 8:44 AM

I would actually love to use the Spanish name Mercedes, which means "mercy," but the problem is, people today would mostly think it was the car, and they'd think it was tacky. So I would definitely consider using Mercy.

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Mercy Arielle
Mercy Athena
Mercy Felicity
Mercy Grace
Mercy Helena
Mercy Imogen
Mercy Olivia
Mercy Persephone
Mercy Savannah
Mercy Simone
Mercy Tabitha

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Of course, any of those can be switched around. Like any? They're all from your list, but I can add some more later if you want.

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Jack Tobias / Jack Aubrey & Charlotte Arabella "You may say that I'm a dreamer,
But I'm not the only one."