Nureyev, Nureev, Nuriyev, or Nuriev (, , ) is a Russianized Muslim masculine family name meaning "light". Its feminine counterpart is Nureyeva, Nureeva, Nuriyeva, or Nurieva. It may refer to: Aydar Nuriev (born 1994), Russian racing driver Elkhan Nuriyev (born 1969), Azerbaijani political scientist Ilgiz Nuriyev (1984), Russian ice hockey player Marat Nuriyev (born 1966), Russian politician Rudolf Nureyev (1938–1993), Russian dancer of Tatar and Bashkir origin Fonteyn & Nureyev on Broadway Nureyev (1977–2001), a Kentucky-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and champion sire Nureyev (crater), a crater on Mercury Tatar-language surnames