East Slavic (Russian Ермак) from Turkish (Turkic) irmak denotation - "river" or of yamak denotation - "slave" or from the verb yarmak denotation - "to chop, to hack, to split". Or form of the name Ermolay or form of the name Yaryema or of Yermek
Yermak Timofeyevich (1532 and 1542 - August 5 or 6, 1585), Cossack leader, Russian folk hero and explorer of Siberia.
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