Raisa or Raissa is a female personal name. It is popular in Russia and South Asia (as a feminine form of Rais). It was also a historically typical female name amongst Jews of the Russian Empire,[1] as a Hebrew and Yiddish origin variant.

Notable people named Raisa include:

Fictional

  • Raisa Pöttgen, a character from the second season of the anime Strike Witches

See also

References

  1. Russian-Jewish Given Names, Boris Feldblyum (1998), page 39
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