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Since "Aboriginal" appears to be considered an offensive term by most (if not all) indigenous peoples, you might want to replace "Australian Aboriginal language" in the description of this entry with "Indigenous Australian language".
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“Aboriginal” is officially accepted terminology for referring to Indigenous Australian peoples, and is considered a neutral term on its own. If you’re interested in learning more, “A guide to writing and speaking about Indigenous People in Australia” and the Australian Government style manual’s section on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are both great sources that can be easily accessed online.
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My name is Nerridah. Nerrida means Blossom in an aboriginal story from the book BOORAN written by a famous Australian author in the 1950’s.
When I went on a tour of Israel from Australia I was told by by a priest in Jerusalem I met that my name being spelt Nerridah was the Spanish way of spelling it.
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When I went on a tour of Israel from Australia I was told by by a priest in Jerusalem I met that my name being spelt Nerridah was the Spanish way of spelling it.
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My name is Nerridah. I am part aboriginal. My mom is from Moree NSW area. My mother died when I was 17 and never told me about my aboriginal ancestors in her family. I read the book BOORAN in Scholarship 1959 Qld Australia about a Nerrida and the meaning of the name as blossom. There is an aboriginal story about her. There where 2 brothers and Nerrida loved one of them. Weeloo and Wandoo were the brothers. One brother spears his brother to death and they both turn to stone. Nerrida is left in sorrow calling the brother she loved Weeloo. She turns into a Curlew bird. You can hear Curlews calling Weeloo at night. I was too young to realize where my mother got my name from. I know she always called me blossom. My younger sister remembers her calling me by that name Blossom too.
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Pleasant sounding and unique but not too much. Beautiful, earthly meaning, too. You can't go wrong with this gorgeous name.
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My name is Nerida, and I really hated the name until the day I ran across the name while searching for "Nereida", (pronounced "Ne-ra-dah") which is a variation of the name. I became quite interested in the meaning since I was an avid fan of Greek mythology. I was a quiet, shy teenager and was so impressed with the Mermaid-goddess part of it that I have learned to appreciate it. So many people have told me it is such a beautiful name, and ask me for its meaning that I proudly volunteer the history behind it. First-Names-Meanings.com has an extensive description of the personality of the woman named Nerida. As far as I'm concerned, they have described me to the T.
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My name is Nerida and I have always been so curious of the origin.
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Nerida Gaye Wilson is an invertebrate marine molecular biologist at the Western Australian Museum who has interests in diversity, systematics, phylogeny, phylogeography and behavior. Wilson has been instrumental in demonstrating the level of marine cryptic species complexes in Antarctic waters, testing the circumpolar distribution paradigm with molecular data, and using interdisciplinary approaches to show how Antarctic diversity may have been generated. Her work with NOAA on Antarctic Marine Living Resources has been used to regulate exploratory benthic fisheries.
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I like the way this name sounds. The meaning is also pretty.
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The name Nerida is also GREEK. And it means Sea nymph or mermaid.
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I have never met anyone called Nerida who pronounces her name Ne-reed-a or Ne-read-a although there may be some out there. It is generally pronounced Ne-rid-a. One issue (I find) is often the accent of the person saying it. Most use the BBC/ABC -rid- (as in get rid of it) for this name.
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Though it does have a lot of consonants, I love the name Nerida. It has a beautiful sound, and reminds me of nereids, which are like water nymphs and Pablo Neruda (I'm not one for poetry but I love his writings). I'm always looking for unusual names from different languages (like Filipino, Nahuatl, Romansch), and a beautiful name from an Indigenous Australian certainly fits the bill. (Wish I knew what exact language it comes from, though.)
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This name is not very common, even in Australia.
It is also occasionally spelt 'Neridah.'
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It is also occasionally spelt 'Neridah.'
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This name is absolutely *beautiful*! I love it.
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Also can be spelt 'Neridah' and pronounced Ne-REE-dah, opposed to to Ne-re-da.
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This Aboriginal name means 'blossom' in Queensland and 'red water lily' in New South Wales.
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The proper way to say it is neh-ree-dah, not neh-rider.
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I have always pronounced it with all vowels in the short form and no emphasis on any syllable. I actually get a bit miffed and correct anyone who pronounces it otherwise. I didn't know until today it should actually be Nereeda.
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