Isayev (surname)

Isayev, Isaev (Иса́ев; masculine) or Isayeva, Isaeva (Иса́ева; feminine) is a Russian language family name which means "(son) of Isai", with Isai (Иса́й) being the Russian given name that corresponds to "Isaiah". Notable people with the surname include:


 * Aiday Isaeva (born 1989), Kazakh beauty pageant titleholder
 * Aleksei Isaev (engineer) (1908–1971), Russian rocket engineer
 * Aleksey Isayev (born 1995), Russian association football player
 * Ali Isayev (born 1983), Azerbaijani wrestler
 * Anatoli Isayev (1932–2016), Soviet/Russian soccer player and coach
 * Andrey Isayev (born 1971), Russian politician
 * Arif İsayev (born 1985), Azerbaijani association football player
 * Daria Isaeva (born 1990), Russian volleyball player
 * Dimitri Isayev (1905–1930), Chuvash writer and critic
 * Dimitri Isayev (born 1973), Russian actor
 * Grigory Isayev (born 1943), Russian politician
 * Hasan Isaev (born 1952), Bulgarian freestyle wrestler
 * Ivan Isayev (born 1927), Russian Olympic shooter
 * Magomet Isayev (1928–2011), Russian Esperantist
 * Maksim Isayev, fictional Russian spy in Nazi Germany working under his undercover name of Max Otto von Stierlitz
 * Mansur Isaev (born 1986), Russian Olympic judoka
 * Nadira Isayeva, Russian journalist
 * Pyotr Isayev, better known as Petka, the aide-de-camp of Vasily Chapayev
 * Shamil Isayev (1964–2019), Russian association football player