411 REFERENCE · Wiktionary
Raisa
Reference material by Wiktionary contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
Räisä
English
Proper noun
en ru Раи́са female given name.
en be Раі́са female given name.
en uk Раїса female given name
Anagrams
en aairs ARIAs Arias Raias Sarai arias sarai
Finnish
Etymology
From the fi ru - saint's name ru Раи́са, from fi grc ῥήϊστος.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi female of Finnish speakers
fi 1991 Elisabet Aho Varjoja kuvastimessa Karisto 951-23-2925-5 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.
fi ru Раи́са female given name
Declension
Rais a
Related terms
fi Raija
Statistics
dvv_20250813 1295 156 346
References
Anagrams
fi aairs Saari rasia saari saira
Latvian
Etymology 1
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. From lv ru Раи́са.
Proper noun
lv proper noun f
lv ru Раи́са female given name
lv female
Etymology 2
From lv en Rice.
Proper noun
lv proper noun f
lv en Rice surname, applied to women.
Related terms
Raiss (applied to men)
References
Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, 5-7966-0278-0
Population Register of Latvia: Raisa was the only given name of 4777 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.