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Raisa (given name)

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For the 2015 film, see Raisa (film).

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, 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

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References

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