Yorick

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Yorick (also Yorik , Yoric or Yorrick ) is a male given name . It is a Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon variant of Georg . In Scandinavia, the Jorck variant is also common. The name is known, among other things, for the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare ("Alas, poor Yorick!" - Fifth Act, First Scene).

It has been believed that Shakespeare was referring to the famous clown Richard Tarleton, who is also weeping in John Dowland's melancholy lute play Tarleton's Resurrection , with Yorick .

Well-known namesake

• Yorick de Bruijn (* 1986), Dutch water diver
• Yorick Spiegel (1935–2010), German Protestant theologian
• Yorick Le Saux (* 1968), French cameraman
• Yorick Treille (* 1980), French ice hockey player
• Yorick van Wageningen (* 1964), Dutch actor
• Yorick Williams (* 1975), English basketball coach and former player

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Frederick Noad: The Renaissance Guitar. (= The Frederick Noad Guitar Anthology. Part 1) Ariel Publications, New York 1974; Reprint: Amsco Publications, New York / London / Sydney, UK ISBN 0-7119-0958-X , US ISBN 0-8256-9950-9 , p. 48.