My Hebrew name is Rifka
Home Up Named after Rise Stevens Calling Risa to Menswear Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Renamed myself Flower Vanilla as a kid Anyone heard of Risa Potters? I answer to Lisa, Risa, Rita, Rena... Risa-Risa Educating people on umlauts Toronto Risa My Hebrew name is Rifka Named after Gorby's wife Hi, all!! Another RioRisa Received an invitation from the U.S. Armed Services soliciting me "as a young man" to join following college. Experiences regarding my name Name of the god(esses) Another Rise Thought I was an only The R in artist International Rhesa Risa from Salt Lake City Don't call her "Rotza" With an Italian accent Named after Jeopardy winner Named after mother's friend Named after grandfather Can't find anything personalized Christened Teresa I had no idea! Rhesa the Engineer Becoming more common Rhesa: unique spelling Another Reesa Lisa with an 'R' Six Reesas in the same area Coconut Creek, Fla. Another Reesa found! Just browsing for my name Not the oldest living Reesa? Named after Luke 3:27 Close enough Rio Risa (River of Laughter) Double the pleasure........ Ukrainian-French-Canadian Birth name Laryssa inspired by Lara in "Dr. Zhivago" Reesa plays in the band Reesa's Monkey Networking Reesa's Pieces radio show Everyone says it's beautiful My name ... made me stronger Yiddish Names Explained Two great-grandmothers From Rise Stevens Called by every imaginable pronunciation Riza from the Phillipines Met Rise Stevens Named after Risė Stevens Toy license plate for Risa? Wanted to be Suzie or Jane Guess the pronunciation Being Rise Boyfriend called me HeyYou Do you see a Z in my Name? Rises in Sacramento

 

My Hebrew name is Rifka

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From: Risė Levy, 56, behavioral health professional, catsalady@yahoo.com
Date: 4/11/02, Update: 2/22/03

The most fun was when I lived in Japan.  The staff would introduce me correctly as Risė, but since Japanese have trouble with the 'R' and 'L' sounds, folks assumed my name was really Lisa.  I would then introduce myself as Risė with an 'R,' which worked great till I met Rinda with an 'R.'

Wow! I just read a bunch of you other Rise's comments and I'm sure glad I'm not the only one who gets the Reese's Pieces jokes (maybe someday there will be enough of us so that non-original joke will cease). I too am Jewish and first-born (1946) and my Hebrew name is Rifka. I was named after Risė Stevens; my mother was an opera fanatic.

It's so great to not be alone in having this weird name! (My first name is even weirder, but also a Latin name). Risė is my middle name, but the one I've always gone by. If any of you would like to e-mail me, please feel free to do so.