Infographic of Nerissa name meaning, which is “The swimmer,” from the Greek neros, a fluid. In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, a clever waiting woman of Portia.
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Nerissa Name Popularity

How popular is the name Nerissa? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 0 0%
1911 0 0%
1912 0 0%
1913 0 0%
1914 0 0%
1915 0 0%
1916 0 0%
1917 0 0%
1918 0 0%
1919 0 0%
1920 0 0%
1921 0 0%
1922 0 0%
1923 0 0%
1924 0 0%
1925 0 0%
1926 0 0%
1927 0 0%
1928 0 0%
1929 0 0%
1930 0 0%
1931 0 0%
1932 0 0%
1933 0 0%
1934 0 0%
1935 0 0%
1936 0 0%
1937 0 0%
1938 0 0%
1939 0 0%
1940 0 0%
1941 0 0%
1942 0 0%
1943 0 0%
1944 0 0%
1945 0 0%
1946 0 0%
1947 0 0%
1948 0 0%
1949 0 0%
1950 0 0%
1951 0 0%
1952 0 0%
1953 0 0%
1954 0 0%
1955 0 0%
1956 0 0%
1957 0 0%
1958 0 0%
1959 0 0%
1960 0 0%
1961 0 0%
1962 0 0%
1963 0 0%
1964 2,230 5 0.0003%
1965 0 0%
1966 0 0%
1967 0 0%
1968 2,128 6 0.0004%
1969 1,897 12 0.0008%
1970 2,720 5 0.0003%
1971 1,747 17 0.0011%
1972 2,716 5 0.0004%
1973 2,547 5 0.0004%
1974 2,102 9 0.0007%
1975 1,786 17 0.0013%
1976 2,337 7 0.0005%
1977 2,166 11 0.0008%
1978 1,663 24 0.0018%
1979 1,489 35 0.0025%
1980 1,939 18 0.0012%
1981 1,571 32 0.0022%
1982 1,653 29 0.0019%
1983 1,671 26 0.0018%
1984 1,622 28 0.0019%
1985 0 0%
1986 0 0%
1987 2,130 17 0.0011%
1988 3,470 5 0.0003%
1989 2,094 22 0.0014%
1990 2,894 10 0.0006%
1991 2,594 14 0.0009%
1992 3,474 6 0.0004%
1993 3,052 8 0.0005%
1994 3,297 6 0.0004%
1995 3,693 5 0.0003%
1996 3,719 5 0.0003%
1997 2,828 10 0.0007%
1998 0 0%
1999 3,167 7 0.0005%
2000 3,640 5 0.0003%
2001 3,186 8 0.0005%
2002 3,660 5 0.0003%
2003 0 0%
2004 3,308 7 0.0005%
2005 3,472 6 0.0004%
2006 3,589 6 0.0004%
2007 4,029 5 0.0003%
2008 0 0%
2009 3,387 7 0.0005%
2010 3,349 6 0.0004%
2011 0 0%
2012 0 0%
2013 0 0%
2014 0 0%
2015 0 0%
2016 0 0%
2017 0 0%
2018 0 0%
2019 0 0%
2020 0 0%
2021 0 0%
2022 0 0%

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Narissa

Sea nymph; black-haired

Italian

Naryssa

Black-haired

Italian

Nericcia

Black-haired

Italian

Neryssa

Sea nymph; black-haired

Italian


What names sound like Nerissa?

If you like how Nerissa sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Nerissa.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Neriss

Noblewoman

Welsh

Norissa

Form of Nora

English


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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Nerine

Sea nymph

Greek


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