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All over the world, Ruja (Ruja , Ружа , รุจา ) is quite a common largely girly, but seldom masculine given name. The first name Ruja is habitual in Eastern Europe, particularly Bulgaria, where it is quite a common feminine name, Moldova, where it is quite a rare girly name, and Romania, where it is quite a rare epicene name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Bulgaria, India, and Thailand. Likewise, Ruja is the last name as well as the forename.
Ruja is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Róża Żabczyńska and Ружа , character in Radetić's Mara: a short story form rural life.