Yermolay
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Yermolay (Russian: Ермолай) is a Russian masuline given name. It is also written as Ermolai, Ermolay, and Yermolai.
Yermolay is derived from the Greek Ermolaos (Greek: Ἑρμόλαος), meaning "the people of Hermes".[1]
It is the basis of patronymic surnames Yarmolenko, Yermolayev, Yermolenko, Yermolin, Yermolkin, Yermolov, Yermolyev, Yermoshin.
People with the given name Yermolay include:
- Ermolai-Erazm, 16th-century Russian churchman and writer[2]
- Yermolay Gamper, 1750–1814, Russian major general of the Napoleonic Wars[3]
- Yermolay Kern (1773–1841) Russian general of the Napoleonic Wars