Nikolayev, also spelled Nikolaev (Russian: Николаев), or Nikolayeva (feminine; Николаева), is a Russian last name and may refer to:
Aleksey Nikolayev (disambiguation)
Alene Nikolayev, Bulgarian civic society leader
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
Igor Nikolayev, Russian pop singer and composer
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
Olga Nikolaeva, Russian volleyball player
Sergei Nikolayev (disambiguation)
Tatiana Nikolayeva, Russian pianist
Vladimir Nikolayev (disambiguation), several people
Yelena Nikolayeva (disambiguation), several people
Yevgeni Nikolayev, Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
