Raja (name)

Raja is a common given name and a surname, derived from Sanskrit राजन् (rajan), meaning "king", "ruler".

Given name

• Raja (Tamil actor), Indian Tamil-language film actor
• Raja Abel (born 1978), Indian film actor
• Raja Babu (Punyamurthula Appalaraju, Adeel Raja; 1937–1983), Indian actor
• Raja Bell (born 1976), American basketball player
• Raja Bundela, Indian actor and politician
• Raja Chaudhary (born 1975), Indian television actor
• Raja Chelliah (1922–2009), Indian economist
• Raja Fenske (born 1988), American actor
• Raja Gemini (Sutan Amrull; born 1974), American make-up artist and drag performer
• Raja Gosnell (born 1958), American film director
• Raja Ali Haji (1808–1873), Malay historian, poet and scholar
• Raja Hasan (born 1979), Indian playback singer
• Raja Petra Kamarudin (RPK; born 1950), Malaysian blogger
• Raja Kannappan, Indian politician
• Raja Kashif (born 1978), British musician
• Raja Koduri, Indian-American computer engineer
• Raja Nawathe (1924–2005), Indian film director
• Raja Paranjape (1910–1979), Indian film actor and director
• Raja Pervaiz Ashraf (born 1950), Pakistani politician and businessman
• Raja Rafe (born 1983), Syrian footballer
• Raja Ramanna (1925–2004), Indian nuclear physicist
• Raja Rao (1908–2006), Indian philosopher and writer
• Raja Reza, Malaysian diplomat
• Raja Shehadeh (born 1951), Palestinian lawyer and writer
• Raja Sen (born 1955), Indian film and television director
• Raja Toumi (born 1978), Tunisian handball player
• Raja Ravi Varma (1848–1906), Indian artist

Surname

• A. Raja (Andimuthu Raja; born 1963), Indian politician
• A. K. T. Raja, Indian politician
• A. M. Raja (politician) (born 1928), Indian politician
• Abid Raja (born 1975), Pakistani-Norwegian lawyer and politician
• Adeel Raja (born 1980), Pakistani-Dutch cricketer
• Allar Raja (born 1983), Estonian rower
• Altaf Raja (born 1967), Indian singer
• Andres Raja (born 1982), Estonian decathlete
• Basit Raja (born 1993), Danish cricketer
• D. Raja (born 1949), Indian politician
• Dharma Raja (1724–1798), Maharajas of Travancore
• Farzana Raja (born 1970), Pakistani politician
• Hason Raja (1854–1922), Bangladeshi poet
• Jewel Raja (born 1989), Indian football player
• K. S. Raja (Kanakaratnam Sriskandarajah; ?–1989), Sri Lankan radio journalist
• Kanishka Raja (born 1970), artist
• Karthik Raja (born 1973), Indian musician
• Kasthuri Raja, Indian film director
• L. Raja, Indian film director and actor
• M. Raja (Raja Mohan), Indian film director
• Masood Ashraf Raja (born 1965), Pakistani literary and political scientist and writer
• Pazhassi Raja (1753–1805), Indian freedom fighter
• Purav Raja (born 1985), Indian tennis player
• Ramiz Raja (born 1962), Pakistani former cricketer
• Rameez Raja (born 1987), Pakistani cricketer
• Review Raja, Canadian film critic
• Rubina Raja, Danish professor of Classical archaeology
• S. Raja, Tamil orator, actor.
• Samina Raja (1961–2012), Pakistani writer and translator
• Sivaji Raja, Indian film actor
• T. Raja (social worker) (born 1967), Indian humanitarian
• T. K. Raja, Indian politician
• Tarana Raja (born 1977), Indian film and television actress and dancer
• Wasim Raja (1952–2006), Pakistani cricketer
• Yuvan Shankar Raja (born 1979), Indian playback singer and composer
• Zaeem Raja (born 1965), Pakistani former cricketer

Fictional characters

• Rajah, Jasmine's pet tiger in Aladdin.

Similar Arabic name

See also: Rajab (name)

Raja (Arabic: رجاء) is an Arabic given name. The meaning of name Raja is "Hope" or Hopeful.

• Raja ibn Haywa, was a prominent early Muslim theological and political adviser of the Umayyad caliphs Abd al-Malik (r. 685–705), al-Walid I (r. 705–715), Sulayman (r. 715–717) and Umayyad caliph Umar (r. 717–720).

See also

• Rajah (disambiguation)