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    Yorick

    YOR-ik

    Scandinavian/English
    Boy
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Earth worker; Farmer
    Origin
    Scandinavian/English
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Yorick does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Earth worker; Farmer", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Yorick.
    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
    Yorick dresses and keeps God's garden — first to partake of fruits, the earth worker fulfilling the commission given in Eden.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Genesis 2:15

      "And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it."

    • 2 Timothy 2:6

      "The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits."

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