# Ajay (given name)

Ajay, also transliterated as Ajai (Devanagari: अजय; pronounced or) is an Indian masculine given name originating in Sanskrit ajaya "unconquered", "unsurpassed", "invincible". A related name is Ajit.

## People with the name
### Arts

* Ajai Sahni, Indian author
* Ajai Sanders (born 1967), American actress and comedian
* Ajay (actor), Indian actor prominent in Telugu cinema
* Ajay Chabra (born 1970), British actor, director, and producer
* Ajay Devgn (born 1969), Indian actor, director, and producer
* Ajay Devaloka, Indian film editor and director
* Ajay Fry (born 1983), Canadian TV host & personality
* Ajay Gogavale (born 1976), member of Indian musical duo Ajay-Atul
* Ajay Mehta, Indian-American actor
* Ajay Monga (born 1968), Indian writer and film director
* Ajey Nagar (born 1999), Indian YouTuber and streamer
* Ajay Nagrath (born 1986), Indian actor
* Ajay Naidu (born 1972), American actor
* Ajay Navaria (born 1972), Indian author
* Ajay Nayyar (born 1982), British-Indian actor and filmmaker
* Ajay Pohankar (born 1947), Indian vocalist
* Ajay Rao (born 1980), Indian actor
* Ajay Rathnam, Indian actor
* Ajay Rochester (born 1969), Australian actress and author
* Ajay Sastry (born 1974), Indian writer and film director

### Business

* Ajai Chowdhry (born 1950), Indian entrepreneur
* Ajay Goyal (born 1965), Indian entrepreneur
* Ajay Kalsi, Indian billionaire
* Mathew Martoma (born 1974 as Ajai Mathew Mariamdani Thomas), American hedge fund portfolio manager, convicted of insider trading
* Ajay Piramal (born 1955), Indian businessman
* Ajay S. Shriram, Indian businessman
* Ajay Tamta (born 1972), Indian politician
* Ajay Vidyasagar (born 1969), Indian TV executive

### Politics and government

* Ajay Agarwal, Indian lawyer and politician
* Ajay Bhatt (politician), Indian politician
* Ajay Chakraborty (born 1943), Indian politician
* Ajay Chandrakar (born 1963), Indian politician
* Ajay Chhibber, Indian cabinet minister and UN official
* Ajay Daby (born 1955), Mauritian politician
* Ajay Dutt (born 1976), Indian politician
* Ajay Kapoor (politician) (born 1967), Indian politician
* Ajay Kumar (civil servant) (born 1962), Indian Administrative Service officer and current Defence Production Secretary of India
* Ajay Kumar Mishra (born 1960), Indian politician
* Ajay Maken (born 1964), Indian politician
* Ajai Malhotra (born 1953), Indian diplomat
* Ajay Maroo (born 1958), Indian politician
* Ajay Nishad (born 1966), Indian politician
* Ajay Rai, Indian politician
* Ajay Sancheti (born 1965), Indian politician
* Ajai Singh (born 1935), Indian governor
* Ajay Singh Chautala (born 1961), Indian politician
* Ajay Singh Yadav (born 1958), Indian politician

### Science and medicine

* Ajay Bhatt (born 1957), Indian-American computer architect
* Ajay K. Sood (born 1951), Indian physicist
* Ajay Kakkar, Baron Kakkar (born 1964), British surgeon

### Sports

* Ajay Baines (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player
* Ajay Chavan (born 1977), Indian cricketer
* Ajay Dubé (born 1960), Canadian Olympic field hockey player
* Ajay Jadeja (born 1971), Indian cricketer
* Ajay Jayaram (born 1987), Indian badminton player
* Ajay Khabra (born 1995), Canadian soccer player
* Ajay Lalcheta (born 1983), Omani cricketer
* Ajay Ratra (born 1981), Indian cricketer
* Ajay Sharma (born 1964), Indian cricketer
* Ajay Thakur (born 1986), Indian kabaddi player
* Ajay Varma (Bengal cricketer) (born 26 December 1963)
* Ajay Varma (Kerala cricketer) (born 18 February 1963)

### Others

* Ajai Shukla, Indian Army officer and journalist
* Ajay Ahuja (1963–1999), Indian Air Force officer
* Ajay Gudavarthy, Indian political theorist, analyst, and columnist
* Ajay Kumar (disambiguation), several people
* Ajai Lall, Indian missionary
* Ajay Singh (disambiguation), several people
* Ajay Skaria, American academic
* Ajay Prasad, American Vegetarian and Second Year Medical Student

## Fictional characters

* Ajay Ghale, protagonist of the video game Far Cry 4
* Ajay Kapoor (Neighbours), from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
* Ajay Sidhu, from The Lost World: Jurassic Park
* Ajay Bains, from Postman Pat
* Ajay Kumar, from Jehanabad - Of Love & War