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 Juli Antoni (born 1977), Indonesian politician 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 Kumari (born 1986), American singer 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 Anita Raja (born 1953), Italian literary translator and library director 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 oratora and actor Saif ur Rehman Raja (born 1994), Pakistani-Italian educator and author Samina Raja (1961–2012), Pakistani writer and translator Shivani Raja (born 1994), British politician 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 () 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)