Raisa

Raisa

1. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Раи́са (Raísa).

• ARIAs, Arias, Raias, Sarai, arias, sarai

From the Russian saint's name Раи́са (Raísa), from Ancient Greek.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑi̯sɑ/, [ˈrɑ̝i̯s̠ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑisɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Rai‧sa

Raisa

1. a female given name of Finnish speakers
   • 1991, Elisabet Aho, Varjoja kuvastimessa, Karisto, →ISBN, page 65:

     Tummasilmä halusi lapselle kummallisen, venäläisen etunimen, Raisa tai mikä Tanja se olikaan. Jostakin vanhasta romaanista tyttö moisen keksi. Nestorille oli yhdentekevää mikä rääpäleen nimeksi pantaisiin.

     The dark-eyed girl wanted the child to have an odd, Russian first name, Raisa or Tanja or whatever it was. She got that from some old novel. Nestori didn't care a bit about what the runt would be called.

2. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Раи́са (Raísa).

• Raija

• Raisa is the 336^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 1,312 female individuals (and as a middle name to 157 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• Saari, rasia, saari, saira

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. From Russian Раи́са (Raísa).

Raisa f

1. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Раи́са (Raísa).
2. a female given name

From English Rice.

Raisa f

1. A respelling of the English surname Rice, applied to women.

• Raiss (applied to men)

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• Population Register of Latvia: Raisa was the only given name of 4777 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.