Dorcas

Where Dorcas comes from

From Ancient Greek Δορκάς (Dorkás, “gazelle”), translation of Tabitha in the Bible.
— Wiktionary's entry for Dorcas
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
Dorcas through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #518 among girls with 11 babies in the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1979
    Dorcas Muthoni born
    Kenyan computer engineer and businesswoman
  3. 1991
    Dorcas Shola Fapson born
    Nigerian actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek of biblical origin.
Namesakes
  • Dorcas Shola Fapson · Nigerian actress, born 1991
  • Dorcas Muthoni · Kenyan computer engineer and businesswoman, born 1979
  • Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan · badminton player, born 1998
  • Dorcas Affo-Toffey · Ghanaian entrepreneur, philanthropist and politician, born 1975
  • Dorcas Makgato-Malesu · Botswana politician, born 1953

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.