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Raja

/RAH-jah/Swahili & Wolof · a girl’s name

Hope and confident expectation of good things

In Swahili

How to say it
RAH-jah
Given to
Girls
Used in
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

RajaRajaa

From the same family

In Wolof

How to say it
RAH-jah
Given to
Girls
Used in
Senegal, Gambia
How common
rare

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

RajaRajaa

From the same family