Becoming more common
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

 

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From: Risa Field, San Francisco, risaworld@aol.com
Date: 8/15/00

It's bizarre to me, because over the years, more and more people tell me they know someone else named Risa, or they've heard the name before. In addition to the TV shows mentioned (Seinfeld, Caroline in the City), there was recently an episode of Ally McBeal that featured a character named Risa. It seems it is becoming a more common Jewish name, which is so strange. I wonder why?

I did a search on Google and was shocked to see this come up, along with Web pages for all the other Risas in the world. It's amazing! All the things previously mentioned about not liking my name when younger but appreciating it now... Confusion with Lisa, Theresa, Rita, Marisa, etc. Jokes about Reese's Peanut Butter cups, and guys wanting a "Pisa" Risa. Always people wondering what my name means. And a feeling that I'm more creative as a result of feeling unique by having this name...

I'm Jewish, of Austrian heritage, and I was named after my grandmother, whose name was actually Rebecca, but the specific name was inspired by Risė Stevens.