# Gayev

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**Gayev** (Russian: Гаев; masculine) is a Russian surname formed from the Rome given name *Gaius* (with [Greek origin](/source/Gaia)) 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](/source/Perm_Krai) ([Ural Federal District](/source/Ural_Federal_District)).[3]

The surname is shared by:

- [Boris Gayev](/source/Boris_Gayev) (1905–1974), [Soviet](/source/Soviet) [scientist](/source/Scientist), one of the deputy directors of the [Ioffe Institute](/source/Ioffe_Institute)
- [Dmitry Gayev](/source/Dmitry_Gayev) (1951–2012), [Soviet](/source/Soviet) railway engineer, long-term chief of the [Moscow metro system](/source/Moscow_Metro)
- [Pavel Gayev](/source/Pavel_Gayev) (1901–1943), [Soviet](/source/Soviet) [military intelligence officer](/source/GRU_(G.U.)), [guards](/source/Russian_Guards) [colonel](/source/Colonel), deputy commander of the [13th Guards Rifle Division](/source/13th_Guards_Rifle_Division)
- [Vladimir Gayev](/source/Uladzimir_Hayew) (born 1977), football player from [Belarus](/source/Belarus), goalkeeper

## References

1. ["Все о фамилии "Гаев""](https://arc.familyspace.ru/catalog/gaev) [All about the «Gayev» family name] (in Russian). *arc.familyspace.ru*. Retrieved 2019-04-04.

1. ["Gaev in Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)"](http://id.loc.gov/search/?q=rdftype:PersonalName&q=Gaev). *The Library of Congress*. Retrieved 2019-12-19.

1. Коновалов, Юрий (1996). "Гаевы: старейшая семья Нижнего Тагила" [Gayevs: The oldest family of the [[Nizhny Tagil]]]. *Уральский родовед*. '***(1): 23–39. [Екатеринбург](/source/Yekaterinburg): Уральское историко-родословное общество.***

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