{{wiktionary|заяц}} '''Zayats''' ({{langx|uk|За́яць}}, {{langx|ru|Заяц}}, meaning "hare") is a gender-neutral East Slavic surname. Less common alternative spellings include '''Zaiats''', '''Zaiatz''', '''Zajac''' and '''Zayac'''.
It is equivalent to the Polish surname '''Zając''' and South Slavic '''Zajec'''.
==People== *Anatoly Zayats (born 1963), Ukrainian-British experimental physicist *Elena Zaiatz (born 1969), Belarusian-Russian chess player *Mikhail Zayats (born 1981), Russian mixed martial artist *Yaroslav Zayats (born 1960), Soviet and Ukrainian footballer *Vadym Zayats (born 1974), Ukrainian footballer *Igor Zayats (born 1999), Belarusian footballer
==See also== *{{intitle|Zayats}} *Zayat (surname) {{Hare-surname}} {{surname}}
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