What is "abdulayev"

Abdulayev (; masculine) or Abdulayeva (; feminine) is an Azerbaijani, Russian, and Central Asian surname. Variants of this surname include Abdalin/Abdalina , Abdulin/Abdulina , Abdullayev/Abdullayeva , Abdullin/Abdullina , Abdulov/Abdulova , Babdulin/Babdulina , and Babdullin/Babdullina .

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.

• 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