A name from Scripture
Nerissa
neh-RIS-ah
Meaning
Sea nymph; From the sea
Greek origin · Girl
What it points to
Nerissa witnesses God's wonders in the deep — the sea that He made, ships upon great waters, the one from the ocean who sees the LORD's works.
Verses · King James Version
“The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.”
Psalm 95:5
“They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.”
Psalm 107:23-24