Given name · Ukrainian
Раїса
“easy-going”
Раїса (Rajísa) is a feminine given name, probably from Ancient Greek. It is used in Ukrainian.
UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Raisa.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Раїса probably goes back to a word meaning “easy-going.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Раїса’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Раїса can be written in the Roman alphabet as Rajísa.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Раїса
- Rayisa NedashkivskaSoviet and Ukrainian actressborn 1943
- Raisa KyrychenkoUkrainian singer (1943–2005)
- Raisa KhylkoSoviet ballet dancerborn 1950
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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