Nerissa
“The swimmer,” from the Greek neros, a fluid. In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, a clever waiting woman of Portia.
Nerine
A sea nymph or Nereid of Greek mythology. Variant of Nerina, which see
Nerina
“The nymphette of the sea.” An allusion to the Nereids, the fifty or more sea nymphs sired by Nereus, the sea god of Greek mythology.