Zaitsev

Zaytsev or Zaitsev (Russian: За́йцев) is a common Russian last name. It stems from the word заяц (zayats, meaning "hare") and is related to the Slovak/Polish surname Zajac and to the Bulgarian/Macedonian surname Zaychev or Zaytchev (Зайчев). Zaytseva or Zaitseva (За́йцева) are the feminine versions of this surname.

List of persons with the surname

• Alexander Zaytsev (disambiguation), list of people by this name
• Boris Zaytsev (disambiguation), name of several people
• Igor Zaitsev (born 1938), Russian chess grandmaster
• Ihor Zaytsev (basketball) (born 1989), Ukrainian basketball player
• Ihor Zaytsev (footballer) (1934–2016), Ukrainian Soviet footballer
• Ivan Zaytsev (volleyball) (born 1988), Italian volleyball player, son of Vyacheslav Zaytsev
• Mikhail Mitrofanovich Zaytsev (1923–2009), Soviet general and commander of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany in 1980–1985
• Nikita Igorevich Zaitsev (born 1991), Russian ice hockey player
• Nikolai Zaitsev (born 1989), Russian footballer
• Olga Alekseyevna Zaitseva (born 1978), Russian biathlete
• Serhiy Zaytsev (born 1974), Ukrainian footballer and football manager
• Slava Zaitsev (born 1938), Russian fashion designer
• Vasily Aleksandrovich Zaitsev (1910–1961), Soviet ace, twice Hero of the Soviet Union
• Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev (1915–1991), Soviet sniper during World War II and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Vyacheslav Zaytsev (born 1952), Soviet volleyball player and Olympic gold medallist
• Yevgeni Nikolayevich Zaytsev (born 1971), Russian footballer
• Yevgeni Zaytsev (footballer, born 1968), Russian footballer
• Yury Konstantinovich Zaitsev (born 1951), Russian weightlifter and USSR Olympic gold medallist
• Yury Mikhailovich Zaitsev [de] (born 1936), Russian physicist
• Zamira Zaytseva (born 1953), middle distance runner from USSR and Uzbekistan