Raisa /rai-sa/ [2 sylls.] as a girls' name is pronounced RAY-sah, RYE-zah. It is of Hebrew and Yiddish origin, and the meaning of Raisa is rose. Raisa is a variant of Rachel (English, French, German, and Yiddish) in the English, Russian, and Yiddish languages. Raisa is also a variant of Rose (English and French) in the Russian language.
Share what you know! Nicknames for Raisa: | Edit. Share what you know! Meanings and history of the name Raisa: | Edit. Russian name possibly from Greek rhaion, meaning 'more relaxed'. Pronounced: rah-EEZ-ah. Means 'rose' in Yiddish. Pronounced: RYE-zah or RAY-zuh. Feminine form of the Arabic name Rais, meaning 'leader' Notes: Also a Russian name of unknown meaning and an Arabic name meaning princess.. Raisa Gorbachov, wife of Russian politician.  In addition, Raisa is a variant of Rachel (English, French, German, and Yiddish) in the English, Russian, and Yiddish languages. Raisa is also a variant of Rose (English and French) in the Russian language. The name Raisa is used to a great extent; it has 25 variants that are used in English and foreign languages. The variant spelling Raissa (used in Russian too) is another English form. Raise (Yiddish) and Raizel (Yiddish) are foreign variants of Raisa. Another foreign variant is the familiar form Raya (Russian). Raisa is irregularly used as a baby girl name. It is not listed in the top 1000. In 2012, among the family of girl names directly linked to Raisa, Rachel was the most popular French Meaning: The name Raissa is a French baby name. In French the meaning of the name Raissa is: Thinker. SoulUrge Number: 11. Expression Number: 22. People with this name have a deep inner desire to inspire others in a higher cause, and to share their own strongly held views on spiritual matters. Similar Names. Raisa is alike in pronunciation to Rasya, Razia, Reesa, Riesa, Risa, Rosa ▼ and Rysa. Other suggested similar baby names are Maisa, Raina ▼ , Raja, Rasia, Rasja, Rhica, Rica, Rika, Rise, Rozsa, Ruzsa and Taisa. These names tend to be less commonly used than Raisa. Adoption of these girl names was at its apex during 1920-1929 (usage of 0.6297%) and has become much lower since (usage 0.2283%, down 63.7%), with the forms Ruthe, Ruthie and Ruth becoming less fashionable. Below is a charted analysis of the usage of the girl name Raisa and corresponding names. (2014 Birth Statistics). Raisa /rai-sa/ [2 sylls.] as a girls' name is pronounced RAY-sah, RYE-zah. It is of Hebrew and Yiddish origin, and the meaning of Raisa is rose. In English and Slavic form, probably derived from Greek for carefree. Also possibly originated as a Slavic equivalent of Ruth (Hebrew) beloved. Adoption of these girl names was at its apex during 1920-1929 (usage of 0.6297%) and has become much lower since (usage 0.2283%, down 63.7%), with the forms Ruthe, Ruthie and Ruth becoming less fashionable. Below is a charted analysis of the usage of the girl name Raisa and corresponding names. (2014 Birth Statistics). Meaning of Raisa. Russian name. In Russian, the name Raisa means-rose.The name Raisa originated as an Russian name. The name Raisa is most often used as a girl name or female name. Russian Name Meaning-rose. Origin-Russi Raissa /rais-sa/ [2 sylls.] as a girls' name means rose. Raissa is a variant transcription of Raisa (Hebrew, Yiddish): in English and Slavic form. Risso is a familiar surname. Kreatif forms: Raisna, Raisra, Raisshi. 
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