Raisa or Raissa is a female personal name. It is popular in

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...

and South Asia (as a feminine form of ''

Rais ( ar, رئیس), plural , is an Arabic title meaning 'chief' or 'leader'. It comes from the word for head, . The corresponding word for leadership or chieftaincy is . It is often translated as 'president' in Arabic, and as 'boss' in Persian. Swa ...

''). It was also a historically typical female name amongst Jews of the Russian Empire,''Russian-Jewish Given Names'', Boris Feldblyum (1998), page 39 as a Hebrew and Yiddish origin variant. Notable people named Raisa include: * Raisa Akhmatova, internationally recognized Chechen poet *

Raisa Andriana Raisa Andriana, better known by her mononym Raisa (born in Jakarta on 6 June 1990), is an Indonesian singer and songwriter. She became publicly known for her song titled "Serba Salah". Prior to her solo career, she was one of the lead vocalis ...

, Indonesian singer * Raisa Blokh, Russian poet * Raisa Bogatyrova, Ukrainian politician *

Raisa Gorbacheva Raisa Maximovna Gorbacheva (russian: link=no, Раи́са Макси́мовна Горбачёва Romanized ''Raisa Maksimovna Gorbachyova'', , Титаренко; 5 January 1932 – 20 September 1999) was a Soviet-Russian activist and phil ...

, wife of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and a fundraiser for preservation of Russian heritage * Raissa Khan-Panni, English singer *

Raissa Maritain Raissa is a female given name. It is a variant of Raisa (given name) popular in Russia and South Asia (as a feminine form of Rais) People Mononym *Raissa (singer, born 1971), full name Raissa Khan-Panni, English singer-songwriter * Raissa (Malays ...

, Russian-French philosopher and poet *

Rayisa Nedashkivska Rayisa Nedashkivska ( Ukrainian: Раїса Недашківська Rayisa Nedashkivska, Russian: Раиса Недашковская; 17 February 1943, Malyn, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian and Soviet-era theater and cinema act ...

, Ukrainian and Soviet-era theater and cimema actress *

Raisa Orlova Raisa Davydovna Orlova-Kopeleva (russian: Раи́са Давы́довна Орло́ва-Ко́пелева, 23 July 1918, Moscow – 31 May 1989, Cologne) was a Russian writer and American studies scholar. She was the second wife of Lev Kope ...

, Soviet/Russian writer and Americanist *

Raisa Smekhnova Raisa Katyukova-Smekhnova ( be, Раіса Кацюкова-Сьмехава; born September 16, 1950 in Kaltan, Kemerovo) is a retired long-distance runner from the Soviet Union, who won the bronze medal at the 1983 World Championships in Helsink ...

, former Soviet/Belarusian long-distance runner *

Raisa Smetanina Raisa Petrovna Smetanina (russian: Раиса Петровна Сметанина; born 29 February 1952) is a Soviet and Russian cross-country skiing champion. She is the first woman in history to win ten Winter Olympic medals. Career Smetanina ...

, former Soviet/Russian Nordic skiing champion * Raisa Surnachevskaya, Soviet World War II fighter pilot

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* Raisa Pöttgen, a character from the second season of the anime ''

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