All around the world, Paja (Paja 
, Palea 
, Пая 
) is a common mostly feminine, but uncommonly masculine given name. The first name Paja is characteristic of Czechia, where it is quite a rare unisex name, Serbia, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and India, where it is a rare largely feminine, but seldom male name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in India, Czechia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Also, Paja is the last name as well as the forename.
Paja is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Paja N. , the character from novel Without father and mother; Paja , the character from novel uncle Tim : a short story from a teacher's life, Uncle Tima : a short story from a teacher's life and Paja , the character from novel Sugar loaf, Глава шећера.