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Yorick - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Yorick

[ syll. yo-ric(k), yor-i-ck ] The boy name Yorick is pronounced YAORih-K KEY. Yorick's language of origin is Old Greek, and it is predominantly used in the English and Scandinavian languages. Yorick is a variant form of the English George. A form of Yorick is the English and Scandinavian variant spelling Yorrick.

Yorick is not regularly used as a baby name for boys. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names. In 2008, among the group of boy names directly linked to Yorick, the English George was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Yorick include the English and Scandinavian Yorrick, the Russian Yerik, the Russian Yurik, the Russian Yurko, the Czech and Polish Jarek, the Polish Jurek, the Polish Jurka, the Czech Urek, the Scandinavian and English York, the English Yorke, the Czech Jarousek, the Scandinavian Jorck, and the Greek and Spanish Urias.

KEY: approx pronunciation for Yorick: Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)"


 
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