Ajay (given name)

Ajay, also transliterated as Ajai (Devanagari: अजय; pronounced [ˈaːdʒeː] or [ˈaːdʒaːj]) is an Indian masculine given name originating in Sanskrit ajaya "unconquered", "unsurpassed", "invincible".[1] 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
• Ajay Nagrath, 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, 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 Kumar (disambiguation), several people
• Ajai Lall, Indian missionary
• Ajay Singh (disambiguation), several people
• Ajay Skaria, American academic

Fictional characters

• Ajay Ghale, protagonist of the video game Far Cry 4
• Ajay Kapoor, from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
• Ajay Sidhu, from The Lost World: Jurassic Park

See also

• AJ (disambiguation)
• Ajay (disambiguation)

References

1. Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English dictionary : etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press.