Raisa or Raissa is a female personal name. It is popular in
Russia
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and South Asia (as a feminine form of ''
Rais
(), 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. Swahili speak ...
''). 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. In Yiddish, Raisa blossomed from the word roiz, meaning“rose”.
Notable people named Raisa include:
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Raisa Akhmatova, internationally recognized Chechen poet
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Raisa Andriana, Indonesian singer
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Raisa Blokh, Russian poet
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Raisa Bogatyrova, Ukrainian politician
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Raisa Gorbacheva
Raisa Maximovna Gorbacheva (, , Титаренко; 5 January 1932 – 20 September 1999) was a Soviet and Russian activist and philanthropist who was the wife of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
She raised funds for the preservation of Russi ...
, wife of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and a fundraiser for preservation of Russian heritage
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Raissa Khan-Panni, English singer
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Raissa Maritain, Russian-French philosopher and poet
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Rayisa Nedashkivska, Ukrainian and Soviet-era theater and cimema actress
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Raisa Orlova, Soviet/Russian writer and Americanist
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Raisa Smekhnova, former Soviet/Belarusian long-distance runner
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Raisa Smetanina, former Soviet/Russian Nordic skiing champion
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Raisa Surnachevskaya, Soviet World War II fighter pilot
Fictional
* Raisa Pöttgen, a character from the second season of the anime ''
Strike Witches
is a Japanese media mix franchise originally created by Fumikane Shimada via a series of magazine illustration columns. The illustrations have since inspired several official light novel, manga, and anime series and v ...
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See also
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Francia Raisa
Francia Raisa Almendárez (born July 26, 1988) is an American actress. Raisa is known for her roles in '' Bring It On: All or Nothing'', '' The Secret Life of the American Teenager'', '' Grown-ish'', and '' How I Met Your Father''.
Early life ...
, American actress
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Miss Raisa, rapper
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Rosa Raisa
Rosa Raisa (23 May 189328 September 1963) was a Polish-born and Italian-trained Russian and Jewish operatic dramatic soprano who became a naturalized American. She possessed a voice of remarkable power and was the creator of the title role of Pu ...
, soprano
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Russian feminine given names
Feminine given names
Slavic feminine given names