What Raja are you?

Raja means ruler. Any Raja name means a royalty or person born of royal birth. But there is also a term called Raja Celup. I had thought it was a hybrid but I was wrong. Raja Celup means a person inappropriately using a Raja prefix in his/her name when he/she is not of royal birth. How then did people get to use the Raja prefix in their names when they are not supposed to?

I read this interesting web page and it should answer some of the doubts we have about dubious Raja names we see today.

http://malaysiansmustknowthetruth.blogspot.com/2012/09/raja-celup.html

I have summarised the Raja name prefix as follows:

1. The Raja name prefix is inherited from the father to the sons (princes). The girls are Putri (princess).
2. A Chinese cannot have a Raja name prefix. There is no such thing as Raja something for a Chinese male or female. A Chinese cannot inherit a Raja name prefix.
3. There are Malay Raja names.
4. There are Indian Raja names.
5. There are no Chinese Raja names.
6. A Raja name is likely a Malay, an Indian or an Indian descendant.
7. A Raja name has Indian ascendants.
8. Malay males have Raja name prefix while females have Putri name prefix.
9. Indian males have Raja name prefix while females have Dewi name prefix.
10. A Raja marries a Putri = the child is a Raja (son) or Putri (girl)
11. A Raja marries a Tengku = the child is a Raja (son) or Tengku (girl)
12. A Raja marries a Tunku = ?
13. A Raja marries a Tun = ?
14. A Raja marries an Engku = ?
15. A Raja marries an Ungku = ?
16. A Raja marries a commoner without a title = ?
17. Nowadays, there are females with Raja names even though Raja is reserved for males

Some complex names are listed below:

1. Ratna Dewi
2. Ratna Wati Dewi
3. Ratana Sri Dewi
4. Seri Dewi Ratana
5. Raja Ratna Dewi
6. Raja Sri Dewi Ratna Sari
7. Sari Dewi Ratna 
8. Maha Rani 
9. Maha Ratu Dewi Sri 
10. Ratu Dewi
11. Dewani
12. Diwa