Teja

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Taj in US United States, PK Pakistan, AU Australia and 12 more, Tej in IN India, MY Malaysia, ES Spain and 8 more and Teju in NG Nigeria.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Teja is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name50K records spelled Teja3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Pakistan, Slovenia

  Also written Tejā, Tēja

• Spanish given name12K records spelled Teja9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Mexico, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Téja, Tëjã, Téjã, Têjä, Téjà

• Indonesian given name11K records spelled Teja3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Indonesia, United States, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Téjã

• Russian given name2.5K records spelled Teja61 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, India, Türkiye

  Languages: Russian, Kazakh, Slovenian

  Also written Тея, Теа, Тэя, Тейя, Тэа

• Thai surname2.0K records spelled Teja54 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, India, United States, Laos

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written เตจ๊ะ, Techa, เต๋จ๊ะ, เตจา, เตชา

• English given name1.5K records spelled Teja9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia

  Languages: English, German, Japanese

  Also written Teia, Teiä, Téja, Téia

• French given name1.2K records spelled Teja6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, India, United States, Slovenia

  Also written Téja, Téjà, Tèja, Tėja

46 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Teja is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swahili, the crown of time

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• In German, männl. Vom., der au f den Namen des letzten Ostgotenkönigs (6. Jh.) zurückgeht.

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In pi, Interpretation of many of the inflectional forms of tejas (“brilliance”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Malay, foreglow or afterglow, reddish or yellowish ray observed during sunset or sunrise

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Indonesian, an afterglow; glow seen in the sky after sunset

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 97 years between 1905–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Teja Singhb. 1894PKIndian scholar (1894–1958)
• Teja Singh Akarpurib. 1894INIndian politician (1894–1975)
• Teja Singh Sutantarb. 1901Indian politician (1901–1973)
• Teja Glažarb. 1942HRSlovene actress
• Teja Gregorinb. 1980SISlovanian biathlete
• Teja Oblakb. 1990SISlovenian basketball player (born 1990)
• Teja Nidamanurub. 1994NZcricketer
• Teja Belakb. 1994SISlovene gymnast
• Teja Paku Alamb. 1994IDIndonesian footballer
• Teja Töpferb. 2000DEGerman rower

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 388 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Teja?

We estimate roughly 7.4 thousand people bear Teja (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Teja have the most bearers?

Teja is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled tej.

Where is Teja most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Teja is densest in Slovenia — about 1 in 734 people — even though India holds more of our records for it.

How common is Teja compared with other names?

In India, Teja is the 514th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

Is Teja a male or female name?

Teja is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Teja mean?

Recorded meaning: meaning unclear; old personal name