Nerses

Nerses is an Armenian variant of Narses. With the addition of -ian and -yan, it becomes an Armenian family name like Nersesian and Nersisyan.

Nerses may refer to:

Catholicoi of the Armenian Apostolic Church
 * Saint Nerses I or St. Nerses I, Catholicos of Armenia, also known as Nerses the Great (d. 373)
 * Nerses II of Armenia, Catholicos of Armenia, (d. 557)
 * Nerses III the Builder, Catholicos of Armenia, also known as Nerses the Builder (d. 661)
 * Nerses IV the Gracious, Catholicos of Cilicia, also known Nerses the Graceful (d. 1173)
 * Nerses V, Catholicos of Armenia (d. 1857)

Caucasian Albanian Catholicoi
 * Nerses Bakur or Nerses I
 * Three more catholicoi and one anti-catholicos, see List of Caucasian Albanian Catholicoi

Catholicoi-Patriarchs of the Armenian Catholic Church
 * Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, current patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church

Other religious figures
 * Nerses Balients, also Nerses Balienc or Nerses Bagh'on, a Christian Armenian monk of the early 14th century
 * Nerses of Lambron, Archbishop of Tarsus

Political figures
 * Nerses of Iberia, or Nerse of Iberia, 8th-century Georgian prince

Contemporary figures
 * Nerses Yeritsyan, Armenian minister and public administrator
 * Nercesse, Lebanese footballer