Your name of Merced has developed traits of independence and initiative. This name incorporates creative, artistic, and musical abilities, and there would be an element of originality in all that you do. You desire to be happy and to create happiness for others. Your spirits are buoyed up greatly by encouragement and appreciation. Budgeting finances can be a problem because your spending is often impulsive rather than practical. When provoked, you can be outspoken, argumentative, or sarcastic. You tend to be impulsive and to scatter your efforts, working on projects only when you feel like it or when faced with a serious deadline. Although you are firm and positive in your ideas and decisions, you often require encouragement and incentives to finish what you start. You are inclined to pursue good times and emotional indulgences to excess. Tension can centre in the head.