Raisanen Family History
Raisanen Name Meaning
Finnish (Räisänen): variant of Räsänen possibly from Rasya a short form of the Russian personal name Gerasim (see Gerasimov ) + the surname suffix -nen. Recorded as a hereditary surname since the 16th century in eastern Finland (in Savonia and the Karelian Isthmus) and later in North Karelia Kainuu Ostrobothnia and northern Finland.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022