Yermolay

Yermolay (Russian: Ермолай) is a Russian given name. It is also written as Ermolai, Ermolay, and Yermolai.

Derivation

Yermolay is derived from the Greek Hermolaos, meaning "the people of Hermes".[1]

It is the basis of the surnames Yermolayev and Yermoshin.

Notable Yermolays

People with the given name Yermolay include:

  • Ermolai-Erazm, 16th-century Russian churchman[2]
  • Yermolay Yermolayevich Hamper (Gamper), 1750–1814, Russian major general of the Napoleonic Wars[3]
  • Yermolay Dementievich Kamezhenkov, 1760–1818, Russian artist[4]
  • Yermolay Fyodorovich Kern, 1773–1841, Russian general of the Napoleonic Wars
  • Yermolai Aleksandrovich Solzhenitsyn, born 1970, son of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and translator/annotator of his works[5]

Fictional Yermolays

References

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