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Help[Facts] Re: MERSINA
in reply to a message by Sofia
According to the following site, Mersina is of Old English, Latin origin, meaning Compassionate, Reward:
http://www.mybaby.net.au/baby-name-full-detail/mersina/78052/1
http://www.mybaby.net.au/baby-name-full-detail/mersina/78052/1
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They seem to be deriving it from Mercy, which in Latin originally meant Wages and came to mean something like Reward ... no idea when it was first used in English as a name, but I'd guess the Puritans rather than the Anglo-Saxons.
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