Dorcas

Dorcas is a female given name. It derives from Dorcas (Greek: Δορκάς, Dorkás; Aramaic: טביתא‎‎ Ṭabītā), a figure from Acts of the Apostles (9:36–42) in the New Testament.
Persons named Dorcas include:
Dorcas Martin (1537–1599), English bookseller active in religious controversies
Dorcas Hoar (c. 1634–1711), American defendant at the Salem witch trials
Dorcas Blackwood, 1st Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye (1726–1807), Northern Irish personage
Dorcas Honorable (c. 1770–1855), Native American, last indigenous inhabitant of Nantucket
Dorcas Fellows (1873–1938), American librarian
Dorcas Cochran (c. 1903–1991), American songwriter
Dorcas Drake (1916–1993), American philanthropist
Dorcas Hardy (born 1946), American government official
Dorcas Denhartog (born 1965), American skier
Dorcas Murunga (born 1969), Kenyan volleyball player
Dorcas Nakhomicha Ndasaba (born 1971), Kenyan volleyball player
Dorcas Gyimah (born 1992), Ghanaian sprinter
Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan (born 1998), Nigerian badminton player
Dorcas Makgato-Malesu, Botswanan cabinet minister
Dorcas Muthoni, Kenyan entrepreneur

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Fem. proper name, from Greek dorkas "gazelle, deer." Dorcas Society "ladies' meeting to make clothes for the poor" (1832) is from Acts ix.36-41.

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Means: gazelle in Greek. Abounded in good deeds and gifts of mercy.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Dorcas		Greek saint
2	Dorcas Muthoni		Kenyan businessman
3	Lemuel Dorcas
4	Dorcas Hoar	1634	Salem witch trial accusee
5	Dorcas Honorable	1770	Nantucket's last Native American
6	Dorcas Cochran	1903	American screenwriter and lyricist
7	Dorcas Hardy	1946	American government official
8	Dorcas Makgato-Malesu		Botswana businessman
9	Dorcas Drake	1916	American judge
10	Dorcas Blackwood, 1st Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye		Irish noble
11	Dorcas Nakhomicha Ndasaba	1971	Kenyan volleyball player
12	Dorcas Denhartog	1965	American cross-country skier
13	Dorcas Martin		Translator and bookseller
14	Dorcas Gyimah	1992
15	Dorcas Murunga	1969
16	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan	1998	Badminton player
17	Dorcas Norre	1911	Swedish pianist (1911-1985)
18	Dorcas Jepleting	1988