It was very nearly my youngest sister's name. She was going to be
Marguerite or
Mercy. I don't think it will make the top 1000 in a hurry. It doesn't really fit any current trends well enough for the celebrity power to propel it and
Madonna's kids aren't the most high profile in Hollywood.
Lourdes never jumped massively because of
Madonna. I like it in either the fn or mn position.
My Dad and his partner had the combo
Mercy Primrose picked out for awhile and I really loved that. A few favourites of mine have always been
Mercy Clementine,
Susannah Mercy and
Mercy Avigail.
It doesn't have religious associations to me. I would consider it as a fn or mn for a child of mine and I am an atheist. I think
Mercy is a virtue that one should aspire to, religious or not.