Sanayev () (feminine: Sanayeva) is a Russian surname created from the dialectal diminutive Санай of the name Alexander.Ономастика Поволжья, 1976, p.159 Notable people with the surname include:
Elena Sanayeva (born 1942), Soviet and Russian actress and social activist Nurislam Sanayev (born 1991), Kazakh freestyle wrestler (born 1969), Russian writer Vsevolod Sanayev (1912–1996), Soviet film and stage actor See also
Saneyev, similar etymology Aida Šanaeva
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