Raesah

A Quranic Name for Girls

Raesah is variant of Raeesa and has the exact same meaning and pronunciation (see below for full meaning). You can use either Raesah or Raeesa, both are correct and acceptable. If you like this variant more and you'd like to pronounce it the way it is spelled (different than the original name), this is perfectly acceptable. For more details please see the main entry at: Raeesa.

Full Meaning of Raesah

Raesah is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means “leader”, “master”, “chief”, “the best woman among a group of women”. It is derived from the R-HAMZ-S (“head”, “main”) root which is used in many places in the Quran.

He said, “My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled with white, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy. (Quran 19:4)