Mercy (given name)

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Mercy is a feminine given name or nickname which may refer to:

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Aanya, Anya or Anja is a given name. The names are feminine in most East European countries and unisex in several African countries.

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Samantha is a feminine given name.

Justina and Justine are anglicised versions of the Latin name Iustina, feminine of Iustinus, a derivative of Iustus, meaning fair or just. For the masculine version of the name, see Justin (name).

Wanjikũ is a feminine Kikuyu name. Historically, Wanjikũ was one of the nine daughters of the man and wife who founded the Agĩkũyũ people, Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi. Consequently, the descendants of her lineage form the Agacikũ Clan of the Agĩkũyũ tribe in Kenya.

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Hannah also spelled Hanna, Hana, Hanah, or Chana, is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin. It is derived from the root ḥ-n-n, meaning "favour" or "grace"; A Dictionary of First Names attributes the name to a word meaning 'He (God) has favoured me with a child'. Anne, Ana, Ann, and other variants of the name derive from the Hellenized Hebrew: Anna.

Leah is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin. Its meaning is often deciphered as "delicate" or "weary". The name can be traced back to the Biblical matriarch Leah, one of the two wives of Jacob. This name may derive from Hebrew: לֵאָה, romanized: lē’ah, presumably cognate with Akkadian 𒀖littu, meaning 'wild cow', from Proto-Semitic *layʾ-at- ~ laʾay-at- 'cow'.

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Kennedy is a unisex given name in the English language. The name is an Anglicised form of a masculine given name in the Irish language.

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Caroline is a female given name, derived from the male name Karl (Charles). Common nicknames and variations include Caz, Callie, Carole, Carol, Carolyn, Carly and Carrie.

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