Nerissa (given name)

• Nerissa Corazon Soon-Ruiz, a Filipino politician
• a character from the Shakespearean play The Merchant of Venice
• Nerissa, an antagonist in the comic book and TV series W.I.T.C.H.
• Queen Narissa, the arch-villain from the 2007 Disney film Enchanted
• Nerissa Bowes-Lyon, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, who appeared in the Channel 4 documentary "The Queen's Hidden Cousins"