A mermaid is a mythical creature with the upper body of a woman and the lower body of a fish.

Mermaid may also refer to:

Places Australia Mermaid Beach, Queensland, a suburb of the Gold Coast Mermaid Reach, a reach of the Brisbane River, Queensland Mermaid Reef, one of three reefs that make up Rowley Shoals, Western Australia Mermaid Waters, Queensland, a suburb of the Gold Coast Mermaids Cave, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, a site where an unknown creature was found

United Kingdom Mermaid Quay, a shopping and leisure complex in Cardiff Bay, Wales The Mermaid (river), a watercourse in Norfolk, England

Arts, entertainment, and media Literature The Mermaid, alternative title for "The Little Mermaid" () by Hans Christian Andersen Films The Mermaid (1910 film), a 1910 film by the Thanhouser Company The Mermaid (1965 film), a 1965 Hong Kong film Mermaids (1990 film), 1990 film starring Cher, Bob Hoskins, Winona Ryder, and Christina Ricci Mermaids (soundtrack) Mermaid (1996 film), originally Rusalka, a 1996 animated short film by Aleksandr Petrov Mermaid (2000 film), directed by Peter Masterson Mermaids (2003 film), starring Erika Heynatz Mermaid (2007 film) (Russian: Русалка, Rusalka), 2007 film directed by Anna Melikian Mermaids: The Body Found, a 2012 documentary-style television film The Mermaid (2016 film), a Chinese film Mermaid (2025 film), an American film

Music Classical The Mermaid (ballad), from the 18th century Die Seejungfrau or The Mermaid, by Alexander von Zemlinsky The Mermaid, a choral song by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)

Songs "Mermaid" (Hitomi Shimatani song) "Mermaid" (Train song), from their 2012 album California 37 "Mermaid", a song by Jay Chou from the 2014 album Aiyo, Not Bad "Kanshō/Mermaid", a 2003 song by Aya Ueto "The Mermaid" (Shel Silverstein song), by Shel Silverstein "The Mermaid", recorded by the American quintet Bounding Main and released on their 2005 album Maiden Voyage

Visual artworks A Mermaid, a 1900 oil painting by J. W. Waterhouse Mermaid (Lichtenstein), a 1979 Roy Lichtenstein outdoor sculpture in Miami Beach Mermaid (Carl-Nielsen), a 1921 bronze sculpture The Mermaids (Kramskoi), an 1871 oil painting

Other arts, entertainment, and media Mermaid, a character from The Legendary Starfy video game series Mermaid Series, editions of English Renaissance and Restoration dramatists (named after the Mermaid Tavern, above) The Idle Mermaid, a 2014 South Korean romantic comedy television series Cure Mermaid, a character in Go! Princess PreCure

Brands and enterprises Mermaids Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada Mermaids (charity), a UK charity which supports transgender youth The Mermaid Inn (disambiguation)

Science MERMAID, a marine scientific instrument platform, short for Mobile Earthquake Recorder for Marine Areas by Independent Divers

Vessels Mermaid (dinghy), a sailing dinghy designed by Roger Hancock Mermaid, Kenichi Horie's first solo voyage sailboat CZAW Mermaid, an amphibious flying boat aircraft Dublin Bay Mermaid, a class of sailing dinghy originated by Dublin Bay Sailing Club, Ireland HMAS Mermaid (A 02), a 1989 Royal Australian Navy survey motor launch HMS Mermaid, various ships in the British Royal Navy Mermaid-class destroyer, a class of two Royal Navy destroyers in the First World War Mermaid-class frigate, a class of six sailing warships built in the eighteenth century. Seaview Mermaid, a class of racing keelboat based at the Sea View Yacht Club, Isle of Wight

Other uses Mermaid (Ninurta), in Sumerian mythology, one of the Heroes slain by Ninurta Mermaid, a hybrid tea rose cultivar Fiji mermaid, a hoax presented by PT Barnum Mermaid syndrome or Sirenomelia, a congenital deformity that gives an appearance of a mermaid Mermaiding, wearing a costume mermaid tail, often while swimming Mermaid, the ICAO radio callsign of Air Alsie, a small airline and charter company based in Sonderborg, Denmark Mermaid (software), an open-source JavaScript-based diagramming and charting tool

See also Merman The Little Mermaid (disambiguation)