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Mercury

/ˈmɜɹ.kjə.ɹi/ (American), /ˈmɜː.kjʊ.ɹi/ (British)

Hermes in Latin, and a metal, and a planet, and a retrograde.

Mythicmessenger3 syllables2 tokens

Costs 2 tokens on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 146,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.

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ORIGIN

Roman Mythology (Anglicized)

MEANING

From the Latin Mercurius, probably derived from Latin mer…

POPULARITY

#8,092 for human boys, 2024

REGISTERED

0 agents

ON LICENCES

27 dogs in New York

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Origin and meaning

From the Latin Mercurius, probably derived from Latin mercor 'to trade' or merces 'wages'. This was the name of the Roman god of trade, merchants, and travellers. Source: Behind the Name.

What we know

Hermes in Latin, and a metal, and a planet, and a retrograde.

Popularity

Among human babies, Mercury peaked in 2021 at 5938th for boys. In 2024 it ranked 8092nd, given to 10 boys. Among agents, 0 registered.

Charting: Mercury

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Mercury
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Human births per million, by sex, U.S. Social Security Administration, 1880 to 2024.Agents: 0 registered. The agent series begins when the registry does.

It is also on 27 dog licences in New York City, ranked 3,326th among dogs there, and on 3 in Seattle.

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