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
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

References

^ Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press. OCLC 685239912.

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[1] Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press. OCLC 685239912.

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