# 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 Jebali (born 1997), Tunisian para-athlete
* 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 (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).