In addition, Raisa is a variant of Rachel (English, French, German, and Yiddish) in the English, Russian, and Yiddish languages. Raisa is also a variant of Rose (English and French) in the Russian language. The name Raisa is used to a great extent; it has 25 variants that are used in English and foreign languages.he variant spelling Raissa (used in Russian too) is another English form. Raise (Yiddish) and Raizel (Yiddish) are foreign variants of Raisa. Another foreign variant is the familiar form Raya (Russian). Raisa is irregularly used as a baby girl name. It is not listed in the top 1000.