Where is Nerissa from?

My guess is...

Saint Lucia

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13%

Indonesia

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7%

Cameroon

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7%

I'm 100% certain Nerissa is Female.

According to a dataset of 731, the average Nerissa is around 55 years old.


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Learn about the name Nerissa

Meaning of the name Nerissa

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.

Characteristics of the name Nerissa

OriginsLiterature
Pronouncednə-RIS-ə(English)
GenderFeminine
Traitsnatural, youthful, complex, refined, serious, classic, delicate, formal, upper class, strange, nerdy, wholesome

How do we know this about Nerissa

(and is it secret spies?)

We use a combination of data from the internet, and our own Machine Learning models to make these predictions.
In a gist, we use a Machine Learning model trained on a diverse global dataset of 100m+ names, and use it to predict different traits for a person based on first name!
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