Nikolayev (surname)

Nikolayev, also spelled Nikolaev (Russian: Николаев), or Nikolayeva/Nikolaeva (feminine; Николаева), is a Russian patronymic surname 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
• Gennady Nikolayev (1936–2013), Soviet swimmer
• 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
• Oleg Nikolayev, 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
• Yuri Nikolaev (1948–2025), Soviet and Russian TV and radio host, and actor