Pashayev is a surname, likely of Azerbaijani origin. Notable people with the surname include:Arif Pashayev, Azerbaijani radiophysicist and academician Atakhan Pashayev (1938–2022), Azerbaijani government executive Bakhsheyis Pashayev (1936–1992), Azerbaijani soldier Ganira Pashayeva (1975–2023), Azerbaijani politician Hafiz Pashayev, Azerbaijani diplomat and government minister Maksym Pashayev (1988–2008), Azerbaijani-Ukrainian footballer Mehriban Aliyeva, Azerbaijani politician and physician Mir Jalal Pashayev (1908–1978), Azerbaijani writer and literary critic Nargiz Pashayeva, Azerbaijani philologist and literary critic Nargiz Pashayeva (footballer), Azerbaijani footballer Niyamaddin Pashayev, Azerbaijani taekwondo athlete Nizami Pashayev, Azerbaijani weightlifter Osman Pashayev, Crimean Tatar journalist and producer Pavel Pashayev, Azerbaijani-Ukrainian footballer Rizvan Pashayev (1949–2007), Azerbaijani mathematician Telman Pashayev, Soviet Azerbaijani wrestler Zaur Pashayev (disambiguation), multiple people