Yorick

  • [ YAWR-ik (English), YAW-rik (Dutch), YO-rik (Dutch) ]
  • Literature, English, Dutch
Altered form of JØRG. Shakespeare used this name for a deceased court jester in his play 'Hamlet' (1600).

J?RG   male   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian short form of JØRGEN.
J?RGEN   male   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of JÜRGEN.
JüRGEN   male   Low German
Low German form of GEORGE.
GEORGE   male   English, Romanian
From the Greek name Γεωργιος (Georgios) which was derived from the Greek word γεωργος (georgos) meaning "farmer, earthworker", itself derived from the elements γη (ge) "earth" and εργον (ergon) "work". Saint George was a 3rd-century Roman soldier from Palestine who was martyred during the persecutions of emperor Diocletian. Later legends describe his defeat of a dragon, with which he was often depicted in medieval art.

Initially Saint George was primarily revered by Eastern Christians, but returning crusaders brought stories of him to Western Europe and he became the patron of England, Portugal, Catalonia and Aragon. The name was rarely used in England until the German-born George I came to the British throne in the 18th century. Five subsequent British kings have borne the name.

Other famous bearers include two kings of Greece, the composer George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), the first president of the United States, George Washington (1732-1797), and the Pacific explorer George Vancouver (1757-1798). This was also the pen name of authors George Eliot (1819-1880) and George Orwell (1903-1950), real names Mary Anne Evans and Eric Arthur Blair respectively.
EQUIVALENTS
DUTCH: Yorick
ENGLISH: Yorick
LITERATURE: Yorick
OTHER FORMS
AFRICAN AMERICAN: Lagina
ALBANIAN: Gjergj
ANCIENT GREEK: Georgios, Georgius
ARMENIAN: Gevorg, Kevork
BASQUE: Gorka
BULGARIAN: Georgi, Gergana
CATALAN: Jordi
CORNISH: Jory
CROATIAN: Đurađ, Đurađa, Đurđa, Đurđica, Đuro, Juraj, Jure, Jurica, Juro
CZECH: Jiří, Jiřina
DANISH: Georg, Jørg, Jørgen, Jørn
DUTCH: Georgina, Joeri, Joris, Jurgen, Jurriaan, Sjors
ENGLISH: Geena, Gena, Geordie, George, Georgeanna, Georgene, Georgia, Georgiana, Georgie, Georgina, Gina, Jorja
ESPERANTO: Georgo
ESTONIAN: Georg
FINNISH: Jyri, Jyrki, Yrjänä, Yrjö
FRENCH: Georges, Georgette, Georgine, Gigi
FRISIAN: Joris
GALICIAN: Xurxo
GEORGIAN: Giorgi, Goga, Iuri
GERMAN: Georg, Georgina, Jockel, Jörg
GREEK: Georgia, Georgios, Giorgos, Yiorgos, Yorgos
HUNGARIAN: György, Györgyi, Györgyike, Gyuri
ICELANDIC: Georg
IRISH: Seoirse
ITALIAN: Gina, Gino, Giorgia, Giorgina, Giorgino, Giorgio
LATVIAN: Georgijs, Georgs, Juris
LITHUANIAN: Jurgis
LOW GERMAN: Jürgen
MACEDONIAN: Gjorgji, Gorgi
MALAYALAM: Geevarghese, Varghese
MEDIEVAL LOW GERMAN: Jurian
MEDIEVAL SCANDINAVIAN: Yrian
MEDIEVAL SLAVIC: Georgei
NORWEGIAN: Georg, Gøran, Jørg, Jørgen, Jørn, Ørjan
POLISH: Jerzy, Jurek
PORTUGUESE: Jorge, Jorginho
ROMANIAN: George, Georgeta, Gheorghe
RUSSIAN: Georgiy, Georgy, Yegor, Yura, Yuri, Yuriy
SCOTTISH: Deòrsa, Seòras
SERBIAN: Djordje, Djuradj, Djuradja, Djuro, Đorđe, Đurađ, Đurađa, Đuro
SLOVAK: Juraj
SLOVENE: Jure, Jurica, Jurij
SORBIAN: Jurij
SPANISH: Georgina, Jorge
SWEDISH: Georg, Göran, Jöran, Jörgen, Örjan
UKRAINIAN: Yura, Yuri, Yuriy
WELSH: Siôr, Siors, Siorus