Yemelyan, Emelyan is an East Slavic given name derived from Latin Aemilianus. Surnames derived from it: Yemelyanov, Emelianenko. Diminutive: Yemelya. Notable people with the name include:
Yemelyan Danilov (1627–1654), Russian bellmaker Yemelyan Pugachev (1742–1775), pretender to the Russian throne, led a Cossack insurrection during the reign of Catherine II Yemelyan Ukraintsev (1641–1708), Russian diplomat and statesman Yemelyan Yaroslavsky (1878–1943), Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician, communist party organizer, activist, journalist, historian
See also Omelyan, Ukrainian counterpart Yemelyanovo (disambiguation) Emiliano Emilian (disambiguation)