Nikolayev (surname)

Nikolayev, also spelled Nikolaev (Николаев), or Nikolayeva (feminine; Николаева), is a Russian last name that is derived from the male given name Nikolay and literally means Nikolay's. It may refer to:


 * Aleksey Nikolayev (disambiguation)
 * Alexander Fedorovich Nikolayev, Soviet Air Force officer, test pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Alexander Nikolayev, Red Army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Andrian Nikolayev, Soviet cosmonaut
 * Aysen Nikolayev, Russian politician of Yakut ethnicity, Head of the Sakha Republic
 * Igor Nikolayev, Russian pop singer and composer
 * Konstantin Nikolaev, Russian billionaire, Russian investor in American Ethane & financial supporter of Maria Butina
 * Leonid Nikolaev, Russian communist, the assassin of Sergei Kirov
 * Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev, Russian pianist, composer, and pedagogue
 * Mikhail Nikolayev, Russian politician and deputy of the State Duma
 * Mikhail Arkhipovich Nikolayev, Soviet sergeant and posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Mikhail Vasilyevich Nikolayev, Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Nikita Nikolayev, Russian association football player
 * Nikolay Nikolaev — several people
 * Olga Nikolaeva, Russian volleyball player
 * Sergei Nikolayev (disambiguation)
 * Tatiana Nikolayeva, Russian pianist
 * Vadim Nikolaev, Russian politician
 * Victoria Nikolaeva, Russian politician
 * Viktor Arsenievich Nikolaev (1893–1960), Russian and Soviet geologist
 * Vladimir Nikolayev (disambiguation), several people
 * Yelena Nikolayeva (disambiguation), several people
 * Yevgeni Nikolayev, Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union