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Seems to have been used by only a few families, most of them British. The origins are difficult to find, but it seems to be a meshing of Romilly and Nerissa.

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Meanings and history of the name Nerilly

Romilly: may mean "rock of a thousand lilies" (from "roche mille lys"), or possibly "of Rome".
Nerissa: means "sea sprite".

Nerilly: "lilies of the sea sprites", or something of that ilk! Could possibly mean "sea sprite of the lily island", as you could take "ile" in French and put that beside "lys", which would then combine with "Nereus", meaning "sea sprite".

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Nerilly-Jade Watson, a young daughter of supermum Joanne Watson.

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