Mercy

Proper noun

Mercy

1. A female given name, one of the less common Puritan virtue names.
   • 1844 Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, Chapter 2:

     Mr Pecksniff was a moral man — a grave man, a man of noble sentiments and speech — and he had had her christened Mercy. Mercy! oh, what a charming name for such a pure–souled Being as the youngest Miss Pecksniff! Her sister’s name was Charity. There was a good thing! Mercy and Charity!