Name: Dorcas
Gender: Female
Usage: Dorcas is a popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Dorcas are in general originating from Greece, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Dorcas is: Doe, A gazelle.
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Numerology of the first name Dorcas: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 6. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: responsible, protective, stable, balanced, loving, compassionate.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Romantic, Nurturing
Ruling planet: Venus
Colors: Blue
Gemstones: Emerald
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The name Dorcas is ranked on the 4,627th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 67700 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Dorcas has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
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History and Origin
Dorcas is a feminine given name of Greek origin in its English variant. Corresponding to Tabite (in Aramaic).
English: from Greek dorkas doe, gazelle. It does not actually seem to have been used as a personal name by the ancient Greeks, but is offered in the Bible as an ‘interpretation’ of the Aramaic name Tabitha (Acts 9: 36), and was taken up by the early Christians. It was much used among the Puritans in the 16th century, and has remained in occasional use ever since. In Scotland it has been used as an Anglicized form of Deòiridh.
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4 November 2015
Does Dorothy derive from Dorcas
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