Yorick
Pronounced YOR-ik
boy
Not found in the KJV text — 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.
- Meaning
- "Earth worker; Farmer"
- Origin
- Scandinavian/English
Yorick works the earth — and God blesses those who tend the ground faithfully. 'And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.' Yorick's labor is the original divine commission.
Spiritual meaning
Yorick dresses and keeps God's garden — first to partake of fruits, the earth worker fulfilling the commission given in Eden.
Related verses (KJV)
"And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it."
Genesis 2:15 (KJV) →"The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits."
2 Timothy 2:6 (KJV) →