Quick answer
York is a boy name.
Pronunciation: American English /ˈjɔɹk/; British English /ˈjɔːk/.
Meaning and history
From an English surname that was derived from York, the name of a city in northern England. The city name was originally Eburacon, Latinized as Eboracum, meaning "yew" in Brythonic. In the Anglo-Saxon period it was corrupted to Eoforwic, as if from Old English eofor "boar" and wic "village". This was rendered as Jórvík by the Vikings and eventually reduced to York.
Notes and context
Usage: english