Given name
Yorick
“one who works the earth; a farmer”·“farmer”·“one who works the earth”
Yorick has a Shakespearean identity and a possible connection with a Danish form of George.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Yorick carries the interpretation “one who works the earth; a farmer.” Yorick is a form of George. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.”
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Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Yorick is used as a form of George. Yorick is a form of George. The shared background comes through George: Georgios comes from georgos, built from elements meaning “earth” and “to work.” Latin Georgius and Old French forms helped carry it into English.
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The story
Yorick is the former court jester remembered in Hamlet. The spelling appears to adapt Danish Jorck, although that linguistic connection should remain qualified.
Yorick through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 49
- 49 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yorick’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Yorick has a diminutive in Yorickje. In English usage, Yorick developed from the Danish form Jørg. Yorick is a form of George.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Yorick has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its English roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Yorick
- Yorick van WageningenDutch actor (born 1964)
- Yorick TreilleFrench ice hockey player and coachborn 1980
- Yorick Le SauxFrench cinematographerborn 1968
- Yorick de GrootDutch beach volleyball playerborn 2000
- Yorick WilliamsBritish basketball playerborn 1975
Characters named Yorick: Yorick (Hamlet).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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