Raja (name)
Raja is a common given name and a surname, derived from Sanskrit राजन्, meaning "king", "ruler".
Given name
- Raja (Tamil actor), Indian Tamil-language film actor
- Raja Abel, Indian film actor
- Raja Babu, Indian actor
- Raja Bell, American basketball player
- Raja Bundela, Indian actor and politician
- Raja Chaudhary, Indian television actor
- Raja Chelliah, Indian economist
- Raja Fenske, American actor
- Raja Gemini, American make-up artist and drag performer
- Raja Gosnell, American film director
- Raja Ali Haji, Malay historian, poet and scholar
- Raja Hasan, Indian playback singer
- Raja Jebali, Tunisian para-athlete
- Raja Juli Antoni, Indonesian politician
- Raja Petra Kamarudin, Malaysian blogger
- Raja Kannappan, Indian politician
- Raja Kashif, British musician
- Raja Koduri, Indian-American computer engineer
- Raja Kumari, American singer
- Raja Nawathe, Indian film director
- Raja Paranjape, Indian film actor and director
- Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Pakistani politician and businessman
- Raja Rafe, Syrian footballer
- Raja Ramanna, Indian nuclear physicist
- Raja Rao, Indian philosopher and writer
- Raja Reza, Malaysian diplomat
- Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian lawyer and writer
- Raja Sen, Indian film and television director
- Raja Toumi, Tunisian handball player
- Raja Ravi Varma, Indian artist
Surname
- A. Raja, Indian politician
- A. K. T. Raja, Indian politician
- A. M. Raja (politician), Indian politician
- Abid Raja, Pakistani-Norwegian lawyer and politician
- Adeel Raja, Pakistani-Dutch cricketer
- Allar Raja, Estonian rower
- Altaf Raja, Indian singer
- Andres Raja, Estonian decathlete
- Basit Raja, Danish cricketer
- D. Raja, Indian politician
- Dharma Raja, Maharajas of Travancore
- Farzana Raja, Pakistani politician
- Hason Raja, Bangladeshi poet
- Jewel Raja, Indian football player
- K. S. Raja, Sri Lankan radio journalist
- Kanishka Raja, artist
- Karthik Raja, Indian musician
- Kasthuri Raja, Indian film director
- L. Raja, Indian film director and actor
- M. Raja, Indian film director
- Masood Ashraf Raja, Pakistani literary and political scientist and writer
- Pazhassi Raja, Indian freedom fighter
- Purav Raja, Indian tennis player
- Ramiz Raja, Pakistani former cricketer
- Rameez Raja, Pakistani cricketer
- Review Raja, Canadian film critic
- Rubina Raja, Danish professor of Classical archaeology
- S. Raja, Tamil oratora and actor
- Saif ur Rehman Raja, Pakistani-Italian educator and author
- Samina Raja, Pakistani writer and translator
- Shivani Raja, British politician
- Sivaji Raja, Indian film actor
- T. Raja (social worker), Indian humanitarian
- T. K. Raja, Indian politician
- Tarana Raja, Indian film and television actress and dancer
- Wasim Raja, Pakistani cricketer
- Yuvan Shankar Raja, Indian playback singer and composer
- Zaeem Raja, Pakistani former cricketer
Similar Arabic name
Raja 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, al-Walid I, Sulayman and Umayyad caliph Umar.