Nerissa
Nerissa is a girl name of Latin origin, meaning From the sea.
What Nerissa means
From the sea.
Nerissa sits at 7 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Nerissa comes from
Latin names travelled through the Roman world and then through the Church, which is why so many survive across Europe in local variants. A great many were originally descriptive — of virtue, of appearance, or of birth order.
Nerissa is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.
How popular is Nerissa?
In the girl name rankings we track, Nerissa falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
The character of Nerissa
Two ideas meet in Nerissa: Ocean and water and the sea. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Nerissa
These share Nerissa's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Maren — Of the sea.
- Moana — Ocean; the deep sea.
- Pelagia — Of the open sea.
- Saylor — Boat captain; of the sea.
- Kai — The sea.
- Arnav — The ocean; the sea.
- Cove — A sheltered bay.
- Dylan — Son of the sea.
- Tao — Great waves.
- Pearl — A precious pearl.
- Coral — From the sea; a pink-red gem.
- Coraline — Coral; the heart.