Zelaya (surname)

Zelaya or Celaya is a Basque surname. Both are variant spellings of Zelaia, a habitational name in Biscay province, Basque Country, from the Basque language zelai ('field' or 'meadow') and the definite article -a.

Notable people with the surname include:
 * Carlos Zelaya, a graffiti artist who contributed to the video game Skitchin'
 * Emilio José Zelaya (born 1987, San Miguel de Tucumán), an Argentine football forward
 * Francisco Zelaya y Ayes (1798 - 1848), President of Honduras
 * Héctor Ramón Zelaya (Rivera) (born 1958), a Honduran football player
 * José Santos Zelaya former president (1893-1909) of Nicaragua
 * Juan Nepomuceno Fernández Lindo y Zelaya (1790, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - 1857, Gracias)
 * Luis Selvin Zelaya Bran (born 1979, San Salvador, El Salvador), a Salvadoran professional soccer player
 * Manuel Antonio Alberto Zelaya (born 1958), a Honduran politician
 * Manuel Zelaya, former president (2006-2009) of Honduras
 * Nelson Fabián Zelaya (born 1973, Asunción), a Paraguayan football defender
 * Rodolfo Antonio Zelaya (García) (born 1988, Usulutan), a Salvadoran footballer
 * Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, the 56th President and first female President of Honduras