Zagitova

Zagitova is a Russian surname. It is the feminine form of the masculine Zagitov, created by the common Slavic practice of adding the -ova suffix to indicate a female family name. The name is written in Cyrillic as Загитова and is transliterated as Zagitova.

Notable people with the surname include Alina Zagitova (born 2002), a Russian figure skater who won the gold medal in the ladies' singles event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Her Olympic victory brought international attention to the Zagitova name and established her as one of the leading figures in her sport.

As a surname, Zagitova reflects typical patterns of gendered naming in Russian and other Slavic languages, where the feminine form is created by adding -ova to the masculine Zagitov.