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

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

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 Raisa Soltamuradovna Akhmatova ( ce, Раиса Солтамурадовна Ахматова; 13 December 1928 – 29 January 1992) was an internationally recognized Chechen people, Chechen poet. Raisa's poems have been especially popular among ...

, 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 vocalist o ...

, Indonesian singer * Raisa Blokh, Russian poet *

Raisa Bogatyrova Raisa Vasylivna Bohatyriova ( uk, Раїса Василівна Богатирьова; russian: Раиса Васильевна Богатырёва) (born on January 6, 1953) is a Ukrainian politician and former Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine ...

, 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 Raissa Khan-Panni (born 1971) is an English singer-songwriter who records under the name Raissa. She is best known for the 2000 single, "How Long Do I Get", which was airplay (radio), playlisted by UK radio stations. The song reached No. 47 in ...

, English singer * Raissa Maritain, 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 actress. I ...

, Ukrainian and Soviet-era theater and cimema actress * Raisa Orlova, Soviet/Russian writer and Americanist * Raisa Smekhnova, 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 Smetani ...

, former Soviet/Russian Nordic skiing champion *

Raisa Surnachevskaya Raisa Nefedovna Surnachevskaya (russian: Раиса Нефедовна Сурначевская; 8 August 1922 18 December 2005) was a Soviet fighter pilot and squadron commander during World War II, as well as one of the very few pregnant women ...

, Soviet World War II fighter pilot

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

Strike Witches is a Japanese media mix originally created by Fumikane Shimada via a series of magazine illustration columns. The franchise has since been adapted into several light novel, manga, and anime series and various video games. ...

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