Name Zaytsev Type Surname Usage Russian, Ukrainian Scripts Зайцев (Russian, Ukrainian) Pronounced Pron. ZIE-tsif(Russian) Other Forms FormsZaytseva, Zaitsev, Zaychev, Saytsev Edit Status Status Added 2/14/2018 by highexpectasians Edited 3/6/2020 by lezginkas Meaning & History From Russian заяц (zayats) or Ukrainian заєць (zaets) meaning "hare".