Mercedes is a girl's name of Spanish origin, referring to a title for the Virgin Mary,

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
• 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 Peris (born 1985), Spanish backstroke swimmer
• 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.

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, a proposed gossamer-winged butterfly genus nowadays again included in Calycopis
• 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

• Mercedita

Mercedes:

• is a female first name, see Mercedes (name)
• a German car manufacturer, see Mercedes-Benz