52%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Greek [1] Scripts Ἑρμόλαος(Ancient Greek) Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Means "the people of Hermes" from the name of the messenger god Hermes combined with Greek λαός (laos) meaning "people". Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & CulturesErmolai, Yermolai, Yermolay(Russian) Categories Catholic saints, Orthodox saints, saints, theophoric names Sources & References Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/publications/vol1/vol1_names/v1me_u.html.