Gerasim

Gerasim (Russian Герасим; ) is a male given name, derived from Greek γεράσιμος (cf. Gerasimos), meaning "Respectable", "Honorable Elder".

==First name== Gerasim Izmailov, Russian navigator Gerasim - deaf and mute serf, a character in Ivan Turgenev's short story Mumu Gerasim Khugayev (born 1945), Ossetian politician Gerasim Lebedev (1749 – 1817), Russian adventurer, linguist Gerasim Pileš (1913 - 2003), a Soviet Chuvash writer playwright, sculptor, painter. Gerasim I, Serbian Patriarch, Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch (1574-1586) Gerasim Zakov (born 1984), Bulgarian footballer Gerasim Zelić (1752 – 1828), a Serbian Orthodox Church archimandrite, traveller and writer Gerasim Petronović (1820-1906), Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Bay of Kotor and writer Gjerasim Qiriazi (Gerasim Kyrias) (1858 – 1894), an Albanian Protestant preacher and educator.