What are some alternatives for rasha?

amother

Chocolate

Mon, Dec 28 2015, 1:48 pm

What are some alternatives to rasha? Not names that start with R, but actual translation alternatives.

DrMom

Mon, Dec 28 2015, 1:51 pm

Rasha? As a baby name? shock

I think anything is an alternative to Rasha.

amother

Chocolate

Mon, Dec 28 2015, 1:53 pm

DrMom wrote:

Rasha? As a baby name? shock

I think anything is an alternative to Rasha.

Well that was helpful....it was my grandmothers name.

bigblueyes

Mon, Dec 28 2015, 1:55 pm

Isnt rasha a wicked person? What kind of translation are u looking for?

DrMom

Mon, Dec 28 2015, 1:55 pm

Sorry... the only meaning I know to Rasha = an evil person.
Is "your" Rasha a Yiddish name?

the world's best mom

Mon, Dec 28 2015, 1:57 pm

I know someone named Rasha- it's pronounced RAH-sha, like Rashi. She is called Rashi. I don't know what it means though.

PinkFridge

Mon, Dec 28 2015, 2:02 pm

DrMom wrote:

Rasha? As a baby name? shock

I think anything is an alternative to Rasha.

Yup. And look forward to "menuval, ivail, soton," etc. in immediate reactions.
But yes, it is a name. So is Pesha, which might be on my family tree. I say might because Pessa is, and we're Litvish so maybe it was Pesha.
Pronounced correctly it's not jarring. But I don't know what it means to help OP.

OP, where was the bubby from? I know one name in extended family that has 2 different meanings, one in Polish, the other in Russian.

amother

Chocolate

Mon, Dec 28 2015, 2:09 pm

bigblueyes wrote:

Isnt rasha a wicked person? What kind of translation are u looking for?

RUsha is a wicked person. I think RAsha may be some kind of flower? But I'm not sure. That's why I asked :-)

amother

Chocolate

Mon, Dec 28 2015, 2:10 pm

PinkFridge wrote:

Her parents were Russian. She was American, born and bred.

Chayalle

Mon, Dec 28 2015, 2:41 pm

I know a family that has a few Rassi's. I think in Lithuania, the shin was often pronounced like the sin. So it could have the same origin.

My mother a"h was Risa. My brother looked up the origin of the name and found in the Taz (who happens to be our ancestor) that the name comes from Rivka. Based on this he named his daughter Risa and they are calling her by the nickname Rikki, since it's often used for various forms of Rivka/Rika/Rikkel, etc....

I don't know if Rasha/Rassia are in any way related to Risa/Rivka.

yogabird

Mon, Dec 28 2015, 2:49 pm

I know a Rashka. It's probably a derivative of Rivka or Rochel.

Iymnok

Mon, Dec 28 2015, 2:55 pm

I saw it spelled Rascha. It can sound nice as a second name.

Iymnok

Mon, Dec 28 2015, 2:57 pm

I just saw in the suggestions below that Rebbetzin Machlis's name was Henna Rasha.

amother

Chocolate

Mon, Dec 28 2015, 2:58 pm

yogabird wrote:

I know a Rashka. It's probably a derivative of Rivka or Rochel.

Like I said, I think it's flower related.

notshanarishona

Mon, Dec 28 2015, 2:59 pm

What does it mean in Yiddish? Maybe you can find a similar hebrew name.
Personally I would not name a Yiddish name that can cause teasing unless it's a 2nd/or third name.

amother

Chocolate

Mon, Dec 28 2015, 2:59 pm

etky wrote:

Could it be short for Rachelle?

It's not short, it's a name.

yogabird

Mon, Dec 28 2015, 2:59 pm

amother wrote:

Like I said, I think it's flower related.

flower?

etky

Mon, Dec 28 2015, 3:00 pm

amother wrote:

It's not short, it's a name.

Lots of 'names' are in fact a shortened version of a more prevalent name.