A name from Scripture
Nerida
neh-REE-duh
Meaning
Sea nymph; Water lily
Greek/Aboriginal origin · Girl
What it points to
Nerida rises from the miry clay — the water lily blooming from the pit, feet set on the rock, beauty from the depths.
Verses · King James Version
“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 40:2
“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.”
Psalm 69:14