Nazarbayev or Nazarbaev is the masculine form of a Kazakh surname which literally means "gazed rich man". The feminine form of the surname is written as Nazarbayeva. The people with the surname include: Nursultan Nazarbayev (born 1940), former President of Kazakhstan Sara Nazarbayeva (born 1941), wife of Nursultan and former First Lady of Kazakhstan Dariga Nazarbayeva (born 1964), Kazakh politician Aisultan Nazarbayev (1990−2020), Kazakh football player Aliya Nazarbayeva (born 1980), Kazakh businesswoman References Kazakh-language surnames