What does Dorcas mean?
Dorcas [dor-cas] 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.
(male) Dorcus, Dormas, .. Middle name pairings:
Dorcas Kinsleigh (D.K.), ..
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)
Presented below is the baby name statistics of Dorcas for girls. 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, 2015)
Which version is better?with its variant forms and related girl names. Below is a graphed study of the popularity of Dorcas and affiliated names. The only other popular alternative form of Dorcas is Tabitha (#947 last year). Adoption of these forms of Dorcas reached its highest during 1980-1989 (median #1075) and is now much reduced.
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