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    Nerida

    neh-REE-duh

    Greek/Aboriginal
    Girl
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Sea nymph; Water lily
    Origin
    Greek/Aboriginal
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Nerida does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Sea nymph; Water lily", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Nerida.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Nerida rises from the miry clay — the water lily blooming from the pit, feet set on the rock, beauty from the depths.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Psalm 40:2

      "He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings."

    • Psalm 69:14

      "Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters."

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