Pashayev (feminine Pashayeva) () is a surname, likely of Azerbaijani origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Arif Pashayev (born 1934), Azerbaijani radiophysicist and academician Atakhan Pashayev (1938–2022), Azerbaijani government executive Bakhsheyis Pashayev (1936–1992), Azerbaijani soldier Ganira Pashayeva (1975–2023), Azerbaijani politician Hafiz Pashayev (born 1941), Azerbaijani diplomat and government minister Maksym Pashayev (1988–2008), Azerbaijani-Ukrainian footballer Mehriban Aliyeva ( Pashayeva; born 1964), Azerbaijani politician and physician Mir Jalal Pashayev (1908–1978), Azerbaijani writer and literary critic Nargiz Pashayeva (born 1962), Azerbaijani philologist and literary critic Nargiz Pashayeva (footballer) (born 1987), Azerbaijani footballer Niyamaddin Pashayev (born 1980), Azerbaijani taekwondo athlete Nizami Pashayev (born 1981), Azerbaijani weightlifter Osman Pashayev (born 1977), Crimean Tatar journalist and producer Pavel Pashayev (born 1988), Azerbaijani-Ukrainian footballer Rizvan Pashayev (1949–2007), Azerbaijani mathematician Telman Pashayev (born 1953), Soviet Azerbaijani wrestler Zaur Pashayev (disambiguation), multiple people
See also Aleksandr Melik-Pashayev (1905–1964), Soviet Armenian conductor, composer, pianist and pedagogue