Abdulayev (Russian: Абдулае́в; masculine) or Abdulayeva (Абдула́ева; feminine) is an Azerbaijani, Russian, and Central Asian surname. Variants of this surname include Abdalin/Abdalina (Абда́лин/Абда́лина), Abdulin/Abdulina (Абду́лин/Абду́лина), Abdullayev/Abdullayeva (Абдулла́ев/Абдулла́ева), Abdullin/Abdullina (Абду́ллин/Абду́ллина), Abdulov/Abdulova (Абду́лов/Абду́лова), Babdulin/Babdulina (Бабду́лин/Бабду́лина), and Babdullin/Babdullina (Бабду́ллин/Бабду́ллина).
All these surnames derive from various forms of the given name Abdullah (Abdulla), which itself is derived from Arabic "abd allāh", meaning god's servant or god's slave.
People with the surname
Eldar Abdulayev (born 1985), Kazakhstani ice-hockey player
Erkebek Abdulaev (Abdulayev), author and former KGB lieutenant colonel
Guerman Abdulaev (Abdulayev), Russian judoka
Jahongir Abdulaev (Abdulayev), Uzbekistani freestyle belt wrestling gold medalist at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games
Levan Abdulaev (Abdulayev), Georgian association football player for FC Kakheti Telavi in 2007–2008
Magomed Abdulayev, Prime Minister under Magomedsalam Magomedov, the President of the Republic of Dagestan in Russia in 2010–2013
Mubariz Abdulayev, Azerbaijani kickboxer who lost to Albert Kraus, Dutch kickboxer, in 2012
Muhamedzhan Abdulaev (Abdulayev), Kyrgyzstani association football player for FC Manas
Murad Abdulaev (Abdulayev), mixed martial artist who lost to Alexander Yakovlev in 2013
Murtazali Abdulayev, association football player in reserve during the 2010 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season
Mustafa Abdulayev, one of the Russian official Islam clerics who organized public theological discussions with Kunta-haji, Chechen Muslim mystic
Natella Abdulaeva (Abdulayeva), costume designer for Sinead Kerr, Scottish ice dancer
Omar Abdulayev (born 1978), Tajikistani GITMO detainee
Tagir Abdulaev (Abdulayev), Russian heavyweight judoka at the 1994 Goodwill Games
