Spanish, Catalan, Russian and Polish form of Ariadne.
Nerissa
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced:nə-RIS-ə(English)
Personal remark:Nereisa
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Created by Shakespeare for a character in his play The Merchant of Venice (1596). He possibly took it from Greek Νηρηΐς (Nereis) meaning "nymph, sea sprite", ultimately derived from the name of the Greek sea god Nereus, who supposedly fathered them.