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Mercedes is a girl's name of Spanish origin, referring to a title for the Virgin Mary, "Our Lady of Mercy."
- Automobile-related use
- 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-Benz in motorsport, the racing activities of the company
- Mercedes-AMG, a subdivision of Daimler AG providing high-powered models
- McLaren-Mercedes, Formula One race cars
- Mercedes Benz (song), a song by Janis Joplin, Michael McClure and Bob Neuwirth
- American Mercedes (1904 automobile), a company licensed to build Mercedes automobiles in America
- 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
- Mercedes Gleitze (1900–1981) Long distance swimmer, first British woman to swim the English Channel
- Mércédès 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, Princess of Asturias (1880–1904), Spanish royal
- Mercedes Ruehl (born 1948), U.S. actress
- Mercedes Sosa (born 1935), Argentine singer
- Mercédesz Stieber (born 1974), Hungarian water polo player
- Mercedes Yvette (born 1981), fashion model & actress
- Mercedes (rapper), a R&B and hip-hop singer.
- Other people and characters named Mercedes
- Mercédès, character in Alexandre Dumas's novel The Count of Monte Cristo
- Mercedes McQueen, Hollyoaks fictional character
- Eleoncio Mercedes (1957–1985), boxer
- Nina Mercedez a pornographic actress who formerly worked for vivid entertainment
- Mercedes, one of the five main characters of Odin Sphere.
- Mercedes, a character in the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet.
- Mercedes, the name of the UK's last remaining polar bear, kept at Edinburgh Zoo
- Places
- Mercedes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Mercedes, Corrientes, Argentina
- Mercedes, Camarines Norte, Philippines
- Mercedes, Eastern Samar, Philippines
- Mercedes, Texas, United States
- Mercedes, Uruguay, Soriano department
- Other uses
- Mercedes (song), a song by Joseph Arthur
- Mercedes (calculator), an early 20th-century computing device
- Mercedes College (Adelaide), South Australia
- Mercedes College, Perth, Western Australia
See also
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