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
Raja (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).