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".

It is the basis of patronymic surnames Yarmolenko, Yermolayev, Yermolenko, Yermolin, Yermolkin, Yermolov, Yermolyev, Yermoshin.

Notable people

People with the given name Yermolay include:

  • Ermolai-Erazm[ru], 16th-century Russian churchman and writer
  • Yermolay Gamper, 1750–1814, Russian major general of the Napoleonic Wars
  • Yermolay Kern[ru] (1773–1841) Russian general of the Napoleonic Wars

Fictional characters

See also