Gayev
Gayev is a Russian surname formed from the Rome given name Gaius or from the Slavonic word gay meaning noise. Librarians often transliterate this name as Gaev. The feminine form of the surname is Gayeva or Gaeva. In particular this surname is spread out in the Perm Krai.
The surname is shared by:
- , Soviet scientist, one of the deputy directors of the Ioffe Institute
- Dmitry Gayev, Soviet railway engineer, long-term chief of the Moscow metro system
- Pavel Gayev, Soviet military intelligence officer, guards colonel, deputy commander of the 13th Guards Rifle Division
- Vladimir Gayev, football player from Belarus, goalkeeper