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    Yeats

    YAYTS

    English
    Boy
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Gate keeper; Guardian of the gate
    Origin
    English
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Yeats does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Gate keeper; Guardian of the gate", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Yeats.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Yeats would rather be a doorkeeper — one day in God's courts worth a thousand, the gate guardian who knows the Door is Christ Himself.
    Verses on this meaning
    • John 10:9

      "I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture."

    • Psalm 84:10

      "For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness."

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