Hermolaos

Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Greek [1]
Scripts Ἑρμόλαος(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

Means "the people of Hermes" from the name of the messenger god Hermes combined with Greek λαός (laos) meaning "people".

Related Names

RootsHermes + laos
Other Languages & CulturesErmolai, Yermolai, Yermolay(Russian)

Categories

Catholic saints, Orthodox saints, saints, theophoric names

Sources & References

  1. Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Ἑρμόλαος&facet-nymRef=῾Ερμόλαος.
Entry updated May 29, 2020