# Raisa
## English
### Proper noun

Raisa
* A transliteration of the Russian female given name Раи́са (Raísa).
* A transliteration of the Belarusian female given name Раі́са (Raísa).
* A transliteration of the Ukrainian female given name Раїса (Rajisa)

### Anagrams

* ARIAs, Arias, Raias, Sarai, arias, sarai

## Finnish
### Etymology

From the Russian saint's name Раи́са (Raísa), from Ancient Greek.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɑi̯sɑ/, [ˈrɑ̝i̯s̠ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑisɑ
* Hyphenation: Rai‧sa

### 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

Possessive forms of Raisa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Raisani
Raisani
accusative
nom.
Raisani
Raisani
gen.
Raisani
genitive
Raisani
Raisojeni Raisaini $^{rare}$
partitive
Raisaani
Raisojani
inessive
Raisassani
Raisoissani
elative
Raisastani
Raisoistani
illative
Raisaani
Raisoihini
adessive
Raisallani
Raisoillani
ablative
Raisaltani
Raisoiltani
allative
Raisalleni
Raisoilleni
essive
Raisanani
Raisoinani
translative
Raisakseni
Raisoikseni
abessive
Raisattani
Raisoittani
instructive
comitative
—Raisoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Raisasi
Raisasi
accusative
nom.
Raisasi
Raisasi
gen.
Raisasi
genitive
Raisasi
Raisojesi Raisaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
Raisaasi
Raisojasi
inessive
Raisassasi
Raisoissasi
elative
Raisastasi
Raisoistasi
illative
Raisaasi
Raisoihisi
adessive
Raisallasi
Raisoillasi
ablative
Raisaltasi
Raisoiltasi
allative
Raisallesi
Raisoillesi
essive
Raisanasi
Raisoinasi
translative
Raisaksesi
Raisoiksesi
abessive
Raisattasi
Raisoittasi
instructive
comitative
—Raisoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Raisamme
Raisamme
accusative
nom.
Raisamme
Raisamme
gen.
Raisamme
genitive
Raisamme
Raisojemme Raisaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
Raisaamme
Raisojamme
inessive
Raisassamme
Raisoissamme
elative
Raisastamme
Raisoistamme
illative
Raisaamme
Raisoihimme
adessive
Raisallamme
Raisoillamme
ablative
Raisaltamme
Raisoiltamme
allative
Raisallemme
Raisoillemme
essive
Raisanamme
Raisoinamme
translative
Raisaksemme
Raisoiksemme
abessive
Raisattamme
Raisoittamme
instructive
comitative
—Raisoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Raisanne
Raisanne
accusative
nom.
Raisanne
Raisanne
gen.
Raisanne
genitive
Raisanne
Raisojenne Raisainne $^{rare}$
partitive
Raisaanne
Raisojanne
inessive
Raisassanne
Raisoissanne
elative
Raisastanne
Raisoistanne
illative
Raisaanne
Raisoihinne
adessive
Raisallanne
Raisoillanne
ablative
Raisaltanne
Raisoiltanne
allative
Raisallenne
Raisoillenne
essive
Raisananne
Raisoinanne
translative
Raisaksenne
Raisoiksenne
abessive
Raisattanne
Raisoittanne
instructive
comitative
—Raisoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Raisansa
Raisansa
accusative
nom.
Raisansa
Raisansa
gen.
Raisansa
genitive
Raisansa
Raisojensa Raisainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
Raisaansa
Raisojaan Raisojansa
inessive
Raisassaan Raisassansa
Raisoissaan Raisoissansa
elative
Raisastaan Raisastansa
Raisoistaan Raisoistansa
illative
Raisaansa
Raisoihinsa
adessive
Raisallaan Raisallansa
Raisoillaan Raisoillansa
ablative
Raisaltaan Raisaltansa
Raisoiltaan Raisoiltansa
allative
Raisalleen Raisallensa
Raisoilleen Raisoillensa
essive
Raisanaan Raisanansa
Raisoinaan Raisoinansa
translative
Raisakseen Raisaksensa
Raisoikseen Raisoiksensa
abessive
Raisattaan Raisattansa
Raisoittaan Raisoittansa
instructive
comitative
—Raisoineen Raisoinensa :

#### Related terms

* Raija

#### 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

* Saari, rasia, saari, saira

## 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.

##### Related terms

* Raiss (applied to men)

### 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.