Ajay, also transliterated as Ajai (

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: ; or ) is an Indian masculine given name originating in

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' "unconquered", "unsurpassed", "invincible". A related name is Ajit.

People with the name

Arts

Ajai Sahni Ajai Sahni is an author on counter-terrorism, and serves as the Executive Director of the Institute for Conflict Management in New Delhi, which maintains the ''South Asia Terrorism Portal'', a website focusing on terrorism in South Asia. Backgrou ...

, Indian author *

Ajai Sanders Ajai Sanders (born Angela Marrine Wilson; October 1, 1967), is an American actress and stand-up comedian, best known for her supporting role as Gina Deveaux in the sitcom ''A Different World'' from 1991 until the series original ending in 1993. ...

(born 1967), American actress and comedian *

Ajay (actor) Ajay is an Indian actor who works primarily in Telugu films, in addition to Tamil and Kannada films. Personal life Ajay was born and brought up in Vijayawada. His family later moved to Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and ...

, Indian actor prominent in Telugu cinema *

Ajay Chabra Ajay Chhabra (born 28 November 1970) is a British television and theatre actor, director, producer and comedian of Indo-Fijian heritage, who is best known for playing Anil in ''The Basil Brush Show'', The Vicar, Suresh Mattai in the BBC Radio s ...

(born 1970), British actor, director, and producer *

Ajay Devgn Vishal Veeru Devgan (born 2 April 1969), known professionally as Ajay Devgn, is an Indian actor, film director and producer who works in Hindi cinema. Devgn has appeared in over a hundred films and has won numerous accolades, including four ...

(born 1969), Indian actor, director, and producer *

Ajay Devaloka Ajay Devaloka is an Indian film director, writer, and editor. Mumbai based Malayali Ajay Devaloka began his career in films & advertising as an editor. He was one of the youngest film editors in 2011 when he edited his debut International feat ...

, Indian film editor and director * Ajay Fry (born 1983), Canadian TV host & personality *

Ajay Gogavale Ajay-Atul is an Indian music composer duo comprising brothers Ajay and Atul Gogavale. They won the Best Music Direction award at the 56th National Film Awards from the Government of India for their music in the Marathi film ''Jogwa'' in 2008. ...

(born 1976), member of Indian musical duo Ajay-Atul *

Ajay Mehta Ajay Mehta ( ) () is an Indian actor based in North America, known for his deep baritone voice. Early life and education Mehta was born in New Delhi, India and he was educated in New Delhi, in Mayo College and St. Stephen's College. Accordin ...

, Indian-American actor *

Ajay Monga Ajay Monga (born 1968) is an Indian scriptwriter and film director. He has written films like ''Corporate'' which starred Bipasha Basu and ''Kay Kay Menon'' and ''Fashion'' both directed by Madhur Bhandarkar. He has also written a supernatural ...

(born 1968), Indian writer and film director *

Ajey Nagar Ajey Nagar (; born 12 June 1999), popularly known as CarryMinati, is an Indian YouTuber and streamer from Faridabad, India. He is known for his roasting videos, comedic skits and reactions to various online topics on his channel ''CarryMinat ...

(born 1999), Indian YouTuber and streamer *

Ajay Nagrath Ajay Nagrath (born 16 February 1986) is an Indian television and movie actor and is the son of Bollywood actor Anil Nagrath. Recently, he played the role of ''Pankaj'' in ''C.I.D.'' He has done many roles in many TV shows and even films, but t ...

(born 1986), Indian actor *

Ajay Naidu Ajay Kalahastri Naidu (born February 12, 1972) is an American actor best known for playing Samir in ''Office Space''. Naidu was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in the film ''SubUrbia''. Ear ...

(born 1972), American actor *

Ajay Navaria Ajay Navaria (born 1972, Delhi) is an Indian writer and scholar, born in Dausa, Rajasthan, India. Navaria's work is specifically in the genre of short stories and novels. He currently holds the position of Associate Professor of Hindi Literature ...

(born 1972), Indian author * Ajay Nayyar (born 1982), British-Indian actor and filmmaker *

Ajay Pohankar Ajay Pohankar (born 24 February 1947) is an Indian classical vocalist belonging to Kirana Gharana school of Hindustani classical music. Background and career Ajay Pohankar ( mr, अजय पोहणकर) was born in Jabalpur, Madhya Prades ...

(born 1947), Indian vocalist *

Ajay Rao Ajay Rao (also credited as Krishna Ajay Rao) is an Indian actor who works primarily in Kannada film industry. He rose to fame with 2003 blockbuster movie '' Excuse Me''. Career Ajay Rao debuted as a lead with the film '' Excuse Me'' (2003) and ...

(born 1980), Indian actor *

Ajay Rathnam Ajay Rathnam is an Indian actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil language, Tamil films and serials. He is known for his supporting and negative roles and has acted in over 300 movies. Standing at 6 ft 4 in (193 cm), Rathnam is one of the t ...

, Indian actor *

Ajay Rochester Ajay Rochester (born 1969 in Sydney) is an Australian actress, author and producer. She was the host of the Australian version of reality weight-loss television series ''The Biggest Loser'', for which she hosted a total of four series between 20 ...

(born 1969), Australian actress and author *

Ajay Sastry Ajay Sastry is a movie director and writer who directed his maiden film called 'Nenu Meeku Telusa' starring Manchu Manoj, Sneha Ullal and Riya Sen. His journey started with a short film called "12" (Baarah) that was produced by KAD Movies And R ...

(born 1974), Indian writer and film director

Business

Ajai Chowdhry Ajai Chowdhry (born 29 August 1950) is one of the six founding members of HCL (Hindustan Computers Limited). He is currently the Chairman-Board of Governors at National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology (NIFFT), Ranchi, International In ...

(born 1950), Indian entrepreneur *

Ajay Goyal Ajay Goyal (born 12 July 1965) is a global entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist and writer. He is the founder, owner of Europe's first five star yoga themed sustainable resort hotel Zening Resorts Goyal founded the Norasco Group in Cyprus in 19 ...

(born 1965), Indian entrepreneur *

Ajay Kalsi Ajay Kalsi (born October 1960) is an Indian billionaire businessman, the owner of a range of companies in oil and gas, footwear, commodity trading, real estate and business process outsourcing. Early life Ajay Kalsi was born in October 1960, edu ...

, Indian billionaire *

Mathew Martoma Mathew Martoma (born May 18, 1974, as Ajai Mathew Mariamdani Thomas) is an American former hedge fund trader. As a portfolio manager at S.A.C. Capital Advisors, he was accused of generating possibly the largest single insider trading transaction ...

(born 1974 as Ajai Mathew Mariamdani Thomas), American hedge fund portfolio manager, convicted of insider trading *

Ajay Piramal Ajay Gopikisan Piramal CBE (born 3 August 1955) is an Indian billionaire industrialist, and the chairman of the Piramal Group, a conglomerate with interests in pharmaceutical, financial services, real estate, healthcare analytics and glass pac ...

(born 1955), Indian businessman * Ajay S. Shriram, Indian businessman *

Ajay Tamta Ajay Tamta (born 16 July 1972) is a politician from Uttarakhand, India. He represents Bharatiya Janata Party. He's currently Minister of State for Textiles and also Member of Parliament (MP) from Almora constituency. He contested 2009 Lok Sa ...

(born 1972), Indian politician * Ajay Vidyasagar (born 1969), Indian TV executive

Politics and government

* Ajay Agarwal, Indian lawyer and politician *

Ajay Bhatt (politician) Ajay Bhatt (born 1 May 1961) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Tourism in Second Modi ministry. He is also a Member of Parliament from Nainital-Udham Singh Na ...

, Indian politician *

Ajay Chakraborty Ajay Chakraborty (born 8 December 1943) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Basirhat constituency of West Bengal and is a member of the Communist Party of India (CPI) political party. He had won the Basirhat seat f ...

(born 1943), Indian politician * Ajay Chandrakar (born 1963), Indian politician *

Ajay Chhibber Ajay Chhibber is the first Director General of India's Independent Evaluation Organisation with the status of Minister of State, recently established to assess the effectiveness of India's development programs . From July 2008 to July 2013 fo ...

, Indian cabinet minister and UN official *

Ajay Daby Ajay Chattradhari Daby (अजय छट्रधारी द॓बी) is a barrister and the former Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Mauritius from 1983 to 1990. He did his secondary schooling at the Royal College of Curepipe. Called to ...

(born 1955), Mauritian politician *

Ajay Dutt Ajay Dutt is an Indian legislator from Dr. Ambedkar Nagar constituency in the Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi. He has completed Graduation, MBA and Ph.D. scholar in Management. Before entering politics, he worked in an IT services organiz ...

(born 1976), Indian politician *

Ajay Kapoor (politician) Ajay Kapoor (born 21 February 1967) is an Indian politician from Kanpur. He won the Assembly elections for the first time in 2002 from Govind Nagar with a margin of 53,000 votes as the INC candidate, he again won the elections in 2007 from Go ...

(born 1967), Indian politician * Ajay Kumar (civil servant) (born 1962), Indian Administrative Service officer and current Defence Production Secretary of India *

Ajay Kumar Mishra Ajay Mishra Teni (born 25 September 1960) is a politician and a Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha. He is the current Minister of State in Ministry of Home affairs, Government of India. He represents the Kheri constituency of Uttar Prad ...

(born 1960), Indian politician *

Ajay Maken Ajay Maken (born 12 January 1964) is a politician from the Indian National Congress party. He is the general secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) and member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC). He was formerly a minister in ...

(born 1964), Indian politician *

Ajai Malhotra Ajai Malhotra is a former Indian career diplomat who served as Ambassador of India to the Russian Federation. He is the Chairperson of the Advisory Committee to the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva. Diplomatic career He joined the ...

(born 1953), Indian diplomat *

Ajay Maroo Ajay Maroo (29 October 1958) is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party, and he was a member of the Parliament of India representing Jharkhand in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament The Parliament of India ( ...

(born 1958), Indian politician *

Ajay Nishad Ajay Nishad is an Indian politician and the current member of parliament from Muzaffarpur. He won the 2014 and the 2019 general election being a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate. He is the son of former Minister Jai Narain Prasad Nishad. Nisha ...

(born 1966), Indian politician * Ajay Rai, Indian politician *

Ajay Sancheti Ajay Sancheti (born 22 October 1965) is Member of Rajya Sabha belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a Member of Parliament, representing Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of Indian Parliament. Early life Sancheti was born to ...

(born 1965), Indian politician * Ajai Singh (born 1935), Indian governor *

Ajay Singh Chautala Ajay Singh Chautala (born 13 March 1961) is a former Indian MP and sports administrator. He is elder son of former Chief Minister of Haryana Om Prakash Chautala and father of current Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana Dushyant Chautala. Bio ...

(born 1961), Indian politician *

Ajay Singh Yadav Captain Ajay Singh Yadav is an Indian National Congress politician from the state of Haryana, India. he was the Minister of Power, Forests and Environment and was formerly minister of Irrigation, Revenue and Elections for that state. Currently, ...

(born 1958), Indian politician

Science and medicine

Ajay Bhatt Ajay V. Bhatt is an Indian-born American computer architect who defined and developed several widely used technologies, including USB (Universal Serial Bus), Platform Power Management architecture and various chipset improvements. Early life Aft ...

(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 Ajaysinhji Jadeja ( born 1 February 1971), known as Ajay Jadeja, is an Indian former professional cricketer, who was a regular member of the Indian cricket team between 1992 and 2000. He played 15 Test matches and 196 One Day Internationals f ...

(born 1971), Indian cricketer * Ajay Jayaram (born 1987), Indian badminton player * Ajay Khabra (born 1995), Canadian soccer player *

Ajay Lalcheta Ajay Vrajlal Lalcheta (born 22 October 1983) is an Indian-born cricketer who plays for the Oman national cricket team. Lalcheta played underage cricket in India before emigrating to Oman, making his debut for the Omani national side at the 2011 ...

(born 1983), Omani cricketer *

Ajay Ratra Ajay Ratra (born 13 December 1981) is a former Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He made his ODI debut on Jan 19, 2002 against England. Ratra was selected in 2000 for the first intake of the National Cricket Aca ...

(born 1981), Indian cricketer * Ajay Sharma (born 1964), Indian cricketer *

Ajay Thakur Ajay Thakur (born 1 May 1987) is an Indian professional Kabaddi player and the former captain of the Indian National Kabaddi Team. He was part of the national teams which won 2016 Kabaddi World Cup and gold medal at 2014 Asian Games. He was a ...

(born 1986), Indian kabaddi player * Ajay Varma (Bengal cricketer) (born 26 December 1963) * Ajay Varma (Kerala cricketer) (born 18 February 1963)

Others

Ajai Shukla Ajai Shukla is an Indian journalist and a retired colonel of Indian Army.Ajai Shukla
Center for the Advanced ...

, Indian Army officer and journalist *

Ajay Ahuja Sqn Ldr Ajay Ahuja ( – ) was a fighter pilot of the Indian Air Force who was killed during the Kargil War between India and Pakistan in 1999. His MiG-21 was hit by a surface-to-air missile fired by the Pakistan Army near the town of Kargil i ...

(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

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 ''Postman Pat'' is a British stop-motion animated television series first produced by Woodland Animations. The series follows the adventures of Pat Clifton, a postman who works for Royal Mail postal service in the fictional village of Greendal ...

References

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