Raisa Forename
2,725th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 380,796 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Moldova
Raisa Forename User-submission:
Raisa is Arabic for 'leader' or 'princess'. It is also Russian for the flower, 'rose'. The name became popular after Raisa Gorbachev, wife of the Russian president Gorbachev, and philanthropist.
Raisa Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 90% | 126,180 | 1:1,143 | 131 |
| India | 91% | 72,145 | 1:16,839 | 2,379 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 27,311 | 1:5,839 | 790 |
| Uzbekistan | 99% | 23,911 | 1:1,288 | 289 |
| Moldova | 100% | 22,808 | 1:156 | 42 |
| Kazakhstan | 96% | 18,231 | 1:973 | 237 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 99% | 7,714 | 1:774 | 118 |
| Israel | 100% | 7,671 | 1:1,095 | 246 |
| Latvia | 100% | 6,800 | 1:296 | 79 |
| United States | 100% | 6,306 | 1:57,491 | 3,074 |
| Tajikistan | 97% | 6,290 | 1:1,331 | 258 |
| Brazil | 100% | 6,104 | 1:35,098 | 2,775 |
| Belarus | 99% | 4,850 | 1:1,955 | 154 |
| Turkmenistan | 96% | 3,888 | 1:1,408 | 304 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 3,777 | 1:51,458 | 2,917 |
| Philippines | 99% | 3,674 | 1:28,854 | 2,598 |
| Indonesia | 99% | 3,532 | 1:73,036 | 8,666 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 3,027 | 1:3,446 | 544 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 2,579 | 1:3,739 | 696 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2,389 | 1:1,565 | 290 |
| Lithuania | 95% | 2,224 | 1:1,327 | 252 |
| Iraq | 100% | 1,733 | 1:20,206 | 1,133 |
| Cuba | - | 1,605 | 1:7,169 | 656 |
| Finland | 100% | 1,501 | 1:3,653 | 500 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,416 | 1:68,275 | 1,690 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1,247 | 1:2,341 | 404 |
| Romania | 100% | 1,131 | 1:17,729 | 1,308 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,073 | 1:28,147 | 2,085 |
| DR Congo | 95% | 979 | 1:75,411 | 4,313 |
| Spain | 100% | 622 | 1:74,807 | 2,507 |
| Transnistria | 99% | 564 | 1:843 | 123 |
| Nepal | 56% | 552 | 1:51,608 | 3,667 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 431 | 1:39,216 | 2,932 |
| Canada | 100% | 397 | 1:83,459 | 4,559 |
| Poland | 100% | 330 | 1:115,234 | 2,410 |
| Tanzania | 97% | 326 | 1:161,927 | 7,413 |
| Peru | 100% | 315 | 1:100,925 | 3,616 |
| Greece | 100% | 296 | 1:36,941 | 1,448 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 291 | 1:837 | 199 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 257 | 1:13,814 | 765 |
| Malawi | 100% | 254 | 1:67,371 | 4,127 |
| Panama | 100% | 248 | 1:15,752 | 1,736 |
| Ecuador | - | 246 | 1:72,061 | 2,108 |
| England | 100% | 243 | 1:228,819 | 6,429 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Mexico | 99% | 206 | 1:602,643 | 6,208 |
| Bulgaria | 99% | 190 | 1:36,792 | 2,128 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 168 | 1:63,104 | 2,143 |
| Estonia | 100% | 157 | 1:8,378 | 1,030 |
| Malta | - | 125 | 1:3,435 | 545 |
| Portugal | - | 120 | 1:86,757 | 2,474 |
| Colombia | 100% | 113 | 1:422,822 | 7,079 |
| Sweden | 100% | 111 | 1:88,810 | 3,958 |
| Chile | 100% | 104 | 1:169,300 | 3,366 |
| Malaysia | 88% | 102 | 1:298,529 | 15,267 |
| Italy | 100% | 101 | 1:604,575 | 6,091 |
| Belgium | 99% | 92 | 1:124,892 | 3,848 |
| Albania | 100% | 91 | 1:33,479 | 3,559 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 88 | 1:245,574 | 9,803 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 87 | 1:2,040,970 | 40,762 |
| Thailand | 100% | 82 | 1:854,461 | 33,295 |
| South Africa | 97% | 76 | 1:717,535 | 30,512 |
| Czechia | 82% | 73 | 1:145,975 | 1,362 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 60 | 1:100,306 | 3,501 |
| Norway | 100% | 60 | 1:85,539 | 2,933 |
| Qatar | 100% | 54 | 1:43,882 | 5,785 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 49 | 1:928,570 | 3,166 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 47 | 1:328,166 | 17,040 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 43 | 1:130,874 | 3,598 |
| Afghanistan | 96% | 42 | 1:776,750 | 10,713 |
| Argentina | 100% | 40 | 1:1,069,331 | 5,401 |
| Turkey | 100% | 39 | 1:1,994,916 | 14,199 |
| Austria | 100% | 34 | 1:250,418 | 3,323 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 30 | 1:1,785 | 317 |
| Australia | - | 28 | 1:487,772 | 7,849 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 28 | 1:48,622 | 4,388 |
| France | 100% | 26 | 1:2,556,552 | 13,577 |
| Papua New Guinea | 87% | 21 | 1:388,205 | 30,311 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 19 | 1:250,945 | 5,192 |
| New Zealand | - | 17 | 1:266,826 | 8,395 |
| Hungary | 100% | 15 | 1:652,785 | 2,218 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 14 | 1:379,290 | 1,926 |
| Ireland | - | 13 | 1:357,194 | 5,120 |
| Cape Verde | - | 12 | 1:44,096 | 2,193 |
| Uganda | 88% | 12 | 1:3,413,077 | 36,062 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 12 | 1:595,999 | 19,549 |
| Benin | 100% | 11 | 1:961,440 | 24,735 |
| El Salvador | - | 11 | 1:576,526 | 4,842 |
| Kenya | - | 11 | 1:4,209,737 | 24,377 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 11 | 1:223,523 | 3,995 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 10 | 1:342,764 | 4,899 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| China | - | 9 | 1:151,783,976 | 66,907 |
| Cyprus | - | 9 | 1:96,786 | 2,691 |
| Egypt | 100% | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 9 | 1:804,089 | 6,114 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 9 | 1:912,611 | 11,192 |
| Honduras | 100% | 8 | 1:1,102,183 | 11,893 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 8 | 1:2,884,492 | 56,420 |
| Scotland | 100% | 8 | 1:668,796 | 7,564 |
| Denmark | - | 7 | 1:807,071 | 10,426 |
| Singapore | - | 7 | 1:898,151 | 14,197 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Kosovo | - | 5 | 1:372,288 | 10,773 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 4 | 1:509,999 | 25,489 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Palestine | 100% | 4 | 1:1,137,514 | 4,137 |
| Serbia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,786,430 | 6,903 |
| South Korea | - | 4 | 1:1,386,105 | 20,690 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Croatia | - | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| Guyana | - | 3 | 1:254,421 | 14,062 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 3 | 1:37,193 | 3,592 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Congo | 100% | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Liberia | - | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Monaco | 100% | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Somaliland | - | 1 | 1:3,501,776 | 1,551 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Wales | - | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
The alternate forms: Raísa (75), Raïsa (30), Ráisa (2), Raîsa (1) & Råisä (1) are calculated separately.
Raisa (14,623) may also be a surname.
Raisa Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Raisa is Arabic for 'leader' or 'princess'. It is also Russian for the flower, 'rose'. The name became popular after Raisa Gorbachev, wife of the Russian president Gorbachev, and philanthropist.
- roodayaIt is a Hebrew name, which means 'rose'.
- alannahxcvRaisa Forename Popularity
Raisa Demographics
Raisa Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 1,157 (2014)
United States
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Phonetically Similar Names
Raisa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Raisa in the Russian language | ||
| Раиса | raisa | - |
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