María de las Mercedes

María de las Mercedes, often shortened to simply Mercedes, is a Spanish given name. It refers to the Virgin of Mercy (Spanish: La Virgen de la Merced or Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes), one of the titles of Mary.

Notable people with this given name include:

• Mercedes of Orléans (Maria de las Mercedes of Orléans), (1860 – 1878) was Queen of Spain
• Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1910–2000)
• María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (María de las Mercedes de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena) (1880–1904)
• Maria de las Mercedes of Bavaria and Bourbon (1911–1953)
• María de las Mercedes Barbudo (1773–1849), Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman Independentista in the island
• María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui (1873–1957)
• Maria de las Mercedes Santa Cruz y Montalvo (1789–1852)