Raisa - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Raisa \

is pronounced RAY-sah, RYE-zah. It is of Hebrew and Yiddish origin, and its meaning is "rose". In English and Slavic form, probably derived from Greek for "carefree". Also possibly originated as a Slavic equivalent of Ruth (Hebrew) "beloved".

Raisa has 6 variant forms: Raisabel, Raissa, Raisse, Raiza, Raizel and Rayzel.

For more information, see also the related name Rosa.

Baby names that sound like Raisa are Risa, Razia, Rysa, Rise, Riesa, Reesa, Rasya, Rasja and Rasia.

Raisa is a somewhat common first name for women (#3243 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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