Kindness, compassion, forgiveness: these are all qualities that the world could use more off, most people will agree. These qualities can all be summed up by the term “mercy.” To reflect these ideals, you can give your baby a name meaning mercy.
Clemence is a feminine name that was popular in Europe during the medieval period, coming from the Latin word meaning mercy. Many other cultures have girls’ names that mean mercy too. Dayawanti is the name of the Hindu goddess of mercy and often used as a girl’s name In India.
The Sino-Korean character “Eun” represents qualities such as charity, kindness, and mercy. It can be used on its own or combined with other characters like “Ji” which means wisdom, to make the name Eun-Ji.
There are masculine names that mean mercy as well. Clement is the masculine version of Clemence. The Finnish name Armo means grace or mercy. Osbourne is an English language name with roots in Judaism that means “the mercy of God.” The French boys’ name Jean-Luc (made famous by Star Trek’s Captain Picard) means “God is full of mercy.”
You can also choose a unisex name that will work for a boy or a girl, like Ebele. This an African-origin name that means mercy or kindness.
Aamin
Meaning: Grace of God
Origin: Hindi
Gender: Boy
Altagracia
Meaning: High. Abbreviation of Altagracia – a reference to the high grace of Jesus’ mother Mary
Origin: Spanish
Gender: Girl
Ana
Meaning: Grace
Origin: Hebrew
Gender: Girl
Analise
Meaning: Grace or devoted to God
Origin: Hebrew
Gender: Girl
Anamarie
Meaning: Grace. favor. Variant of Anna
Origin: Spanish
Gender: Girl
Anechka
Meaning: Grace
Origin: Russian
Gender: Girl
Annalisa
Meaning: Derived from a compound of Anna (grace) and Liesa, which is a German diminutive of Elizabeth (God is bountiful)
Origin: German
Gender: Girl
Aric
Meaning: Rule with mercy
Origin: Norse
Gender: Boy
Armo
Meaning: Mercy
Origin: Norse
Gender: Boy
Benhanan
Meaning: Son of grace
Origin: Biblical
Gender: Boy
Chaniel
Meaning: God’s grace
Origin: Hebrew
Gender: Boy
Charis
Meaning: Grace and beauty
Origin: Greek
Gender: Girl
Clemence / Clement
Meaning: Mercy
Origin: Latin
Gender: Boy
Clementina
Meaning: Variant of Clemence meaning clemency, mercy
Origin: French
Gender: Girl
Dayawanti
Meaning: Goddess of kindness
Origin: Hindi
Gender: Girl
Dobromil
Meaning: Good grace
Origin: Czech
Gender: Boy
Dorcas
Meaning: Gazelle. Famous bearer: The New Testament Dorcas who ‘abounded in good deeds and gifts of mercy,’ was a charitable woman raised from the dead by St Peter
Origin: Greek
Gender: Girl
Ebele
Meaning: Mercy, kindness
Origin: African
Gender: Girl
Esmond
Meaning: Protected by God. Grace and protection
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Eun/Eun-Ji
Meaning: Kindness, mercy, charity
Origin: Sino-Korean
Gender: Girl
Elhanan
Meaning: Grace, or gift, or mercy of God
Origin: Biblical
Gender: Boy
Gechina
Meaning: Grace
Origin: Spanish
Gender: Girl
Grace
Meaning: Grace
Origin: Latin
Gender: Girl
Hanani
Meaning: My grace, my mercy
Origin: Biblical
Gender: Boy
Hannah
Meaning: Favour or grace. God has favoured me
Origin: Hebrew
Gender: Girl
Hanniel
Meaning: Grace or mercy of God
Origin: Biblical
Gender: Boy
Hasadiah
Meaning: The mercy of the Lord
Origin: Biblical
Gender: Boy
Ingelise
Meaning: Ing’s grace
Origin: Danish
Gender: Girl
Jean-Luc
Meaning: God is gracious
Origin: Hebrew, Greek, and French
Gender: Boy
Jehohanan
Meaning: Grace, or mercy, or gift, of the Lord
Origin: Biblical
Gender: Boy
Jerahmeel
Meaning: The mercy, or the beloved, of God
Origin: Biblical
Gender: Boy
John
Meaning: The grace or mercy of the Lord
Origin: Biblical
Gender: Boy
Jushabhesed
Meaning: Dwelling-place, change of mercy
Origin: Biblical
Gender: Boy
Kannon
Meaning: Form of Kuan-yin who was Chinese Buddhist deity of mercy
Origin: Japanese
Gender: Boy
Karis
Meaning: Grace. Phonetic variant of Charis
Origin: Greek
Gender: Girl
Kuan-yin
Meaning: Buddhist deity of mercy
Origin: Chinese
Gender: Boy
Lutfiyya
Meaning: Kindness. Delicate grace
Origin: Muslim
Gender: Girl
MacRae
Meaning: Son of grace
Origin: Scottish
Gender: Boy
Mara
Meaning: Bitter or grace
Origin: Hungarian
Gender: Girl
Mercedes
Meaning: Mercy. Derived from one of the Spanish titles for the Virgin Mary
Origin: Spanish
Gender: Girl
Mercy
Meaning: Mercy. Merciful
Origin: Spanish/English
Gender: Girl
Nancsi
Meaning: Grace
Origin: Hebrew
Gender: Girl
Osbourne
Meaning: Bear god
Origin: Norse
Gender: Boy
Rahmat
Meaning: Mercy. Clemency
Origin: Muslim
Gender: Boy
Rosanna
Meaning: Compound of Rose and Anne (favour; grace)
Origin: English
Gender: Girl
Sadie
Meaning: Diminutive of Sarah: princess; or Mercedes: mercy
Origin: English
Gender: Girl
Shashai
Meaning: Rejoicing, mercy, linen
Origin: Biblical
Gender: Girl
Tabitha
Meaning: Beauty, grace, gazelle
Origin: Greek
Gender: Girl
Yanamai
Meaning: Bitter grace
Origin: Basque
Gender: Girl
Yanamaria
Meaning: Bitter grace
Origin: Spanish
Gender: Girl