Aliyev (sometimes spelled Aliev; az, Əliyev, kk, Áliyev, russian: Алиев), Aliyeva for females, is a surname originating from the

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and

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. The surname is derived from the Arabic male given name Ali and literally means ''Ali's''. It may refer to:

People

Aliyev

* Ali Aliyev (boxer), a Russian amateur boxer *

Ali Aliyev (footballer) Ali Khanaliuly Aliyev ( kk, Әли Ханәлиұлы Әлиев; born 27 October 1980) is a retired Kazakh footballer. Career Club In March 2014, Aliyev joined FC Ordabasy as a Player-Coach. Management On 20 January 2021, Aliyev was appointed ...

a Kazakh footballer *

Aydin Aliyev Colonel General Aydin Aliyev Ali oglu ( az, Aydın Əliyev Əli oğlu; born May 28, 1957) is the current Chairman of the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan Republic, a post which makes him part of the Cabinet of Azerbaijan. Early life Colon ...

, Chairman of the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan Republic *

Aziz Aliyev Aziz Mammad Karim oghlu Aliyev ( az, Əziz Məmməd Kərim oğlu Əliyev; 20 December 1896 – 27 July 1962) was an Azerbaijani, Dagestani, and Soviet politician, scientist, and member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. He was the father-in-law o ...

, politician, scientist, and member of the

Supreme Soviet of the USSR The Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( rus, Верховный Совет Союза Советских Социалистических Республик, r=Verkhovnyy Sovet Soyuza Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respubl ...

, father-in-law of Heydar Aliyev and maternal grandfather of Azerbaijan's current President Ilham Aliyev *

Heydar Aliyev Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev ( az, Һејдәр Әлирза оғлу Әлијев, italic=no, Heydər Əlirza oğlu Əliyev, ; , ; 10 May 1923 – 12 December 2003) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani politician who served as the third president of Azer ...

, former President of

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

Igrar Aliyev Igrar Habib oglu Aliyev ( az, İqrar Əliyev) (14 March 1924, Baku – 11 June 2004, Baku) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani historian. Aliyev was the author of 160 peer reviewed journal publications and books. Many of his books are devoted to the Me ...

, Azerbaijani historian *

Ilham Aliyev Ilham Heydar oghlu Aliyev ( az, İlham Heydər oğlu Əliyev, ; born 24 December 1961) is the fourth president of Azerbaijan, serving in the post since 31 October 2003. The son and second child of the former Azerbaijani leader Heydar Aliyev ...

, current President of Azerbaijan, son of Heydar Aliyev. * Mirzaagha Aliyev, Azerbaijani actor *

Mukhu Aliyev Mukhu Gimbatovich Aliyev (russian: Муху́ Гимба́тович Али́ев, ; av, Мухӏу Гӏалиев; born August 6, 1940) is a Russian politician who served as the 2nd Head of the Republic of Dagestan, a federal subject of Russ ...

, president of the Republic of

Dagestan Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North ...

* Natig Aliyev, politician, Minister of Industry and Energy of Azerbaijan *

Olexandr Aliyev Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Aliyev ( ua, Олександр Олександрович Алієв, russian: Александр Александрович Алиев); (born 3 February 1985) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer of Russian ...

, Ukrainian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

Rakhat Aliyev Rakhat Mukhtaruly Aliyev ( kk, Рахат Мұхтарұлы Әлиев, ''Rahat Mūhtarūly Äliev''; 10 December 1962 – 24 February 2015) was a senior official of the government of Kazakhstan who died in an Austrian prison awaiting trial on c ...

, former First Vice Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan and son-in-law of President * Yashar Aliyev, Azerbaijan's current ambassador to the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma ...

Vagif Aliyev Vagif Aliyev Gadir oghlu ( az, Əliyev Vaqif Qadir oğlu) (born June 17, 1953) is an Azerbaijani politician and the First Deputy minister of the Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan Republic. Early life He was born on June 17, 1953. In 1975, he ...

, Mayor of

Sumgayit Sumgait (; az, Sumqayıt, ) is a city in Azerbaijan, located near the Caspian Sea, on the Absheron Peninsula, about away from the capital Baku. The city has a population of around 345,300, making it the second largest city in Azerbaijan after Ba ...

Salau Aliyev Salau Aliyev or Salau Aliev is a Kumyk nationalist and politician. In 1990, Aliyev was one of the founders of the Tenglik, or "Kumyk Peoples' Party". Aliyev believes that the Kumyks are descended from the medieval Khazars and cites the Khazar Kha ...

, Kumyk politician

Aliev

Dmitri Aliev Dmitri Sergeyevich Aliev (russian: Дмитрий Сергеевич Алиев; born 1 June 1999) is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2020 European champion and the 2020 Russian national champion. On the junior level, he is the 2017 World ...

, Russian figure skater

Aliyeva

Aysun Aliyeva Aysun Aliyeva ( az, Aysun Əliyeva, born 19 July 1997) is an Azerbaijani footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkis Super League club Çaykur Rizespor and the Azerbaijan women's national team. She was a member of the Azerbaijan girls' U- ...

(born 1997), Azerbaijani women's footballer *

Dilara Aliyeva Dilyara Alakbar qizi Aliyeva ( az, Dilarə Əliyeva) (14 December 1929 – 19 April 1991), Ph.D., was an Azerbaijani philologist, translator and Women's rights activist and Member of Supreme Council of Azerbaijan from 1990–1991. Family Dilyara ...

, Azerbaijani women's rights activist *

Kamila Aliyeva Kamila Ali aga gizi Aliyeva (born 8 June 1967) is an Azerbaijani politician. She was first elected to the Parliament of Azerbaijan The National Assembly ( az, Milli Məclis), also transliterated as Milli Mejlis, is the legislative branch ...

, Azerbaijani politician *

Mehriban Aliyeva Mehriban Arif gizi Aliyeva (; az, Mehriban Arif qızı Əliyeva Paşayeva, ; born 26 August 1964) is an Azerbaijani politician and physician who is the vice president and First Lady of Azerbaijan. She is married to Ilham Aliyev, the president ...

, current

First Lady of Azerbaijan First Lady of Azerbaijan ( az, Azərbaycanın birinci xanımı) is the informal title of the wife of the president of Azerbaijan. The current first lady is Mehriban Aliyeva, wife of President Ilham Aliyev, who has held the position since 31 Octobe ...

Nargiz Aliyeva Nargiz Aliyeva ( az, Nərgiz Əliyeva; born 22 March 2002) is an Azerbaijani footballer who plays as a goalkeeper (football), goalkeeper for Turkish Women's Football Super League, Turkis Super League club Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor, and the Aze ...

(born 2002), Azerbaijani women's footballer * Ulduz Rafili-Aliyeva, Azerbaijani theatre director

Alieva

* Dinara Alieva (born 1980), Azerbaijani and Russian opera singer *

Marina Alieva Marina Nazimovna Alieva (russian: link=no, Марина Назимовна Алиева, rut, Алиева Марина Назимовна, born 4 June 1985 in Shevchenko) is a Russian female singer, actress, dancer and songwriter, Merited Art ...

, Russian female singer, actress, dancer and songwriter

Other uses

Heydar Aliyev International Airport Heydar Aliyev International Airport ( az, Heydar Aliyev adına Beynəlxalq Hava Limanı) (IATA: GYD, ICAO: UBBB) is one of the seven international airports serving Azerbaijan. Formerly, it was called Bina International Airport after a suburb of ...

in Baku, Azerbaijan * Heydar Aliyev Palace, a concert hall in Baku, Azerbaijan {{surname Azerbaijani-language surnames Kazakh-language surnames Patronymic surnames Surnames from given names Surnames of Georgian origin Surnames of Azerbaijani origin