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What does Dorcas mean?
Dorcas 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced DOR-kuss. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Dorcas is "gazelle". Biblical: a woman who "abounded in good deeds and gifts of mercy". Greek version of Tabitha, well used by Puritans.
STARTS WITH Do-
Variations
VARIANTS Dorcass, Dorcie, Dorkas
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Dorcas Claira (D.C.), ..
How popular is Dorcas?
Dorcas is a very popular first name for females (#1388 out of 4276, Top 32%) and also a very popular last name for both adults and children (#71372 out of 150436, Top 47%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Dorcas reached its apex rank of #664 in the U.S. during 1920-1929, but is not found in the list currently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
The only other popular alternative form of Dorcas is Tabitha (#1096 LAST YEAR). Adoption of these forms of Dorcas reached its highest during 1980-1989 (MEDIAN #1075) and is now much reduced.
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Dallas▲, Dara▲, Darah, Darcel, Darcey, Darci▼, Darcia, Darcie▼, Darda, Daria, Darian▼, Darla▼, Darnae, Darrah, Darya, Decca, Derran, Dobra, Doda, Dola, Dona▼, Doncia, Donia, Donica, Donna▼, Donnay, Donya, Dora▼, Dorae, Dorah, Doran, Dorcey, Dore, Dorea, Dorena, Doreyn, Dori, Doria, Dorian, Doriana, Dorie, Dorina, Dorine, Doris▼, Dorisa, Dorita, Dorlisa, Dorma, Dorona, Dorota, Dorran, Dorri, Dorria, Dorrian, Dorrie, Dorris▼, Dorrit, Dorrma (see Dorma), Dorry, Dorrys, Dorsay, Dorsey, Dortha▼, Dorthy▼, Dory, Doryne (see Doreen), Dorys, Doryse (see Doris), Dosia, Dosya, Douce, Doura, Dova, Drea and Drorah (see Derora). These names tend to be less commonly used than Dorcas.
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