Save Type Surname Usage Ossetian, Soviet, Russian, Popular Culture Scripts Зангиев(Ossetian, Russian) Pronounced Pron. [ZAN-GEE-yef](Ossetian) ZAHN-GEE-yef(Soviet) [ZAHN-GEE-yef](Russian) [ZANG-geef](Popular Culture) [key·simplify] Meaning & History The Russified Soviet and Modern Russian form of the Ossetian surname Зæнджиаты Zændžiaty. A famous user of it is wrestler Victor Zangiev, himself the inspiration for Zangief of Street Fighter fame.