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English
Proper noun
Raisa
- A transliteration of the Russian female given name Раи́са (Raísa).
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
From the Russian saint's name Раи́са (Raísa), from Ancient Greek.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Raisa
- 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.
- A transliteration of the Russian female given name Раи́са (Raísa).
Declension
Statistics
- Raisa is the 336th 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.
Anagrams
Latvian
Etymology 1
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. From Russian Раи́са (Raísa).
Proper noun
Raisa f
- A transliteration of the Russian female given name Раи́са (Raísa).
- a female given name
Etymology 2
From English Rice.
Proper noun
Raisa f
- A respelling of the English surname Rice, applied to women.
References
- 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.