Zaytsev

__NOTOC__ Zaytsev or Zaitsev () is a Russian last name. It stems from the word заяц (zayats, meaning "hare"). Zaytseva or Zaitseva (За́йцева) is the feminine version of this surname.

Notable people with the surname include: , Russian noble family Alexander Zaytsev (disambiguation), several people Aleksandra Zaitseva (born 1999), Russian para athlete Boris Zaytsev (disambiguation), 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 Lyudmila Zaytseva (born 1946), Russian actress 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 Philipp Adamovich Zaitzev (1877–1957), Russian entomologist Sergei Zaytsev (born 1969), Russian footballer Serhiy Zaytsev (born 1974), Ukrainian footballer and football manager Slava Zaitsev (1938–2023), Russian fashion designer Vasily Zaitsev (pilot) (1910–1961), Soviet ace, twice Hero of the Soviet Union Vasily Zaitsev (sniper) (1915–1991), Soviet sniper during World War II and Hero of the Soviet Union Vyacheslav Zaytsev (1952–2023), Soviet volleyball player and Olympic gold medalist Yevgeni Nikolayevich Zaytsev (born 1971), Russian footballer Yevgeni Zaytsev (footballer, born 1968), Russian footballer Yury Konstantinovich Zaitsev (1951–2022), Russian weightlifter and USSR Olympic gold medallist (born 1936), Russian physicist Zamira Zaytseva (born 1953), middle-distance runner from USSR and Uzbekistan