Gayev (Russian: Гаев; masculine) is a Russian surname formed from the Rome given name Gaius (with Greek origin) or from the Slavonic word gay (Russian: гай) meaning noise.[1] Librarians often transliterate this name as Gaev.[2] The feminine form of the surname is Gayeva or Gaeva (Russian: Гаева). In particular this surname is spread out in the Perm Krai (Ural Federal District).[3]
The surname is shared by:
- Boris Gayev (1905–1974), Soviet scientist, one of the deputy directors of the Ioffe Institute
- Dmitry Gayev (1951–2012), Soviet railway engineer, long-term chief of the Moscow metro system
- Pavel Gayev (1901–1943), Soviet military intelligence officer, guards colonel, deputy commander of the 13th Guards Rifle Division
- Vladimir Gayev (born 1977), football player from Belarus, goalkeeper
References
- ^ "Все о фамилии "Гаев"" [All about the «Gayev» family name] (in Russian). arc.familyspace.ru. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- ^ "Gaev in Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". The Library of Congress. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
- ^ Коновалов, Юрий (1996). "Гаевы: старейшая семья Нижнего Тагила" [Gayevs: The oldest family of the [[Nizhny Tagil]]]. Уральский родовед. ' (1): 23–39. Екатеринбург: Уральское историко-родословное общество.