Mercedes

Meanings

Proper Noun

• A female given name from Spanish occasionally borrowed from Spanish.

Noun

• Short form of Mercedes-Benz, a car manufactured by Mercedes-Benz.

Origin

• . The car was named for Mercédès Jellinek, the daughter of Austrian businessman Emil Jellinek who ordered 36 cars from Gottlieb Daimler.{{cite-web
• |date=2001-10-19
• |title=Her Name Still Rings A Bell
• |author=Michelle Krebs
• |work=New York Times
• |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/19/automobiles/her-name-still-rings-a-bell.html
• |passage=Jellinek agreed to order 36 cars if they bore the name of his daughter -- and if the factory gave him an exclusive sales agency for America and parts of Europe. Daimler agreed.