Dorcas Forename
Approximately 523,105 people bear this name
Dorcas Forename Definition:
A female name. Greek δορκάς ‘a roe or gazelle’. In Acts ix. 36 Dorcas is given as an interpretation of the Aramaic Tabitha q.v., the name of the charitable disciple raised from death by St Paul. Both names became popular in the 17th C, and later Dorcas was the name given to a meeting of ladies to make clothes for the poor, in allusion to the story in Acts, where the poor are said to have wept over her, showing the coats and garments she had made for them.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 155,184 | 1:1,144 | 194 |
| Kenya | 100% | 101,970 | 1:454 | 84 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 79,275 | 1:931 | 183 |
| Ghana | 100% | 55,174 | 1:489 | 111 |
| Congo | 100% | 22,296 | 1:225 | 24 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 19,713 | 1:782 | 140 |
| Tanzania | 99% | 15,558 | 1:3,393 | 605 |
| South Africa | 100% | 10,230 | 1:5,331 | 1,017 |
| Zambia | - | 8,479 | 1:1,870 | 354 |
| United States | 100% | 7,558 | 1:47,967 | 2,731 |
| Angola | 100% | 5,938 | 1:4,541 | 715 |
| Benin | 100% | 5,895 | 1:1,794 | 413 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 5,107 | 1:1,596 | 189 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,800 | 1:5,676 | 1,044 |
| Uganda | 99% | 3,259 | 1:12,567 | 1,174 |
| Brazil | 100% | 2,094 | 1:102,310 | 5,634 |
| Malawi | 100% | 2,094 | 1:8,172 | 978 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,730 | 1:7,860 | 1,235 |
| England | 100% | 1,507 | 1:36,896 | 1,928 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1,487 | 1:14,533 | 1,477 |
| Guatemala | 98% | 1,466 | 1:10,988 | 920 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,170 | 1:2,464 | 539 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1,073 | 1:4,112 | 524 |
| Philippines | 98% | 1,004 | 1:105,587 | 5,809 |
| Mexico | 100% | 898 | 1:138,245 | 3,002 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 811 | 1:28,454 | 2,402 |
| Peru | 100% | 765 | 1:41,557 | 2,324 |
| Guinea | 100% | 740 | 1:16,025 | 917 |
| Botswana | 100% | 596 | 1:3,665 | 651 |
| Togo | - | 577 | 1:12,546 | 1,699 |
| Canada | 100% | 442 | 1:74,962 | 4,266 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 330 | 1:781,708 | 51,958 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 291 | 1:63,160 | 3,981 |
| Somalia | - | 279 | 1:48,480 | 2,498 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 266 | 1:39,215 | 2,883 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 243 | 1:2,391 | 395 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 206 | 1:146,611 | 5,907 |
| India | 100% | 183 | 1:6,638,677 | 230,332 |
| Honduras | 100% | 182 | 1:48,448 | 2,228 |
| Ireland | 100% | 148 | 1:31,375 | 1,268 |
| Swaziland | - | 128 | 1:10,158 | 1,360 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 113 | 1:31,419 | 1,120 |
| El Salvador | - | 108 | 1:58,720 | 1,706 |
| Panama | 100% | 98 | 1:39,863 | 2,961 |
| Egypt | - | 87 | 1:1,056,333 | 18,582 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 79 | 1:385,442 | 18,204 |
| Haiti | 100% | 78 | 1:137,525 | 6,973 |
| Namibia | - | 72 | 1:33,391 | 2,479 |
| Wales | 100% | 72 | 1:42,977 | 1,614 |
| Singapore | 100% | 68 | 1:92,457 | 7,305 |
| Colombia | 100% | 64 | 1:746,546 | 9,696 |
| Germany | 100% | 59 | 1:1,638,608 | 10,387 |
| Argentina | 98% | 58 | 1:737,470 | 4,452 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 57 | 1:125,474 | 8,859 |
| Chile | 100% | 52 | 1:338,600 | 4,883 |
| Scotland | 100% | 49 | 1:109,191 | 2,512 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 46 | 1:367,437 | 10,501 |
| Spain | 100% | 46 | 1:1,011,521 | 8,745 |
| Guyana | 100% | 40 | 1:19,082 | 2,394 |
| France | 100% | 38 | 1:1,749,219 | 10,826 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 38 | 1:35,827 | 3,585 |
| Burundi | 50% | 36 | 1:275,182 | 656 |
| Belgium | 100% | 33 | 1:348,183 | 6,599 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 28 | 1:170,284 | 4,241 |
| Hong Kong | - | 28 | 1:276,883 | 3,560 |
| Sweden | 100% | 27 | 1:365,108 | 10,445 |
| Australia | - | 26 | 1:525,293 | 8,160 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 23 | 1:357,109 | 6,546 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 22 | 1:273,561 | 6,085 |
| China | - | 21 | 1:65,050,275 | 63,020 |
| Belize | 100% | 18 | 1:19,684 | 2,236 |
| Iceland | - | 18 | 1:20,334 | 1,387 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 18 | 1:6,097 | 946 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 16 | 1:6,974 | 1,095 |
| Sudan | - | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Barbados | - | 15 | 1:19,319 | 1,454 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 14 | 1:516,915 | 5,000 |
| Thailand | 100% | 13 | 1:5,389,678 | 96,686 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:2,841 | 595 |
| Saint Lucia | 73% | 11 | 1:16,165 | 1,838 |
| Ecuador | - | 10 | 1:1,772,692 | 10,604 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Gabon | 100% | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Mali | 100% | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Poland | - | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 9 | 1:21,333 | 1,816 |
| South Sudan | 67% | 9 | 1:1,283,447 | 1,308 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 9 | 1:380,849 | 5,148 |
| Bahamas | - | 8 | 1:49,921 | 1,259 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 8 | 1:255,000 | 16,349 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 8 | 1:6,404 | 961 |
| Norway | 100% | 8 | 1:641,541 | 10,538 |
| Bolivia | - | 7 | 1:1,514,486 | 3,962 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Italy | 94% | 6 | 1:10,177,015 | 31,373 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 6 | 1:3,961,614 | 68,952 |
| Grenada | 100% | 5 | 1:21,625 | 2,009 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 4 | 1:15,325 | 1,588 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Finland | 100% | 4 | 1:1,370,796 | 11,464 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Suriname | 100% | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 3 | 1:614,382 | 2,910 |
| Croatia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Czechia | - | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Denmark | - | 3 | 1:1,883,166 | 17,701 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 2 | 1:27,430 | 2,159 |
| Turkey | - | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Austria | 100% | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Hungary | - | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Israel | - | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Russia | - | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
The alternate forms: Dórcas (1) are calculated separately.
Dorcas (8,298) may also be a surname.
Dorcas Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Greek δορκάς ‘a roe or gazelle’. In Acts ix. 36 Dorcas is given as an interpretation of the Aramaic Tabitha q.v., the name of the charitable disciple raised from death by St Paul. Both names became popular in the 17th C, and later Dorcas was the name given to a meeting of ladies to make clothes for the poor, in allusion to the story in Acts, where the poor are said to have wept over her, showing the coats and garments she had made for them.
Greek, ‘gazelle.’ ‘One of the names of the widow whom Peter raised from the dead. Her deeds of charity have, in England, caused her name to become a synonym for charitable working-societies’ (Swan) and thus less popular as a ‘Christian’.
From the Greek name Δκορας, signifying a wild goat, antelope, gazelle. See Tabitha.
Greek (feminine) - Gazelle-eyed.
Dor'-kas, the female of a roebuck. A pious and benevolent woman. Acts ix. 36.
Meaning: a gazelle.
A Greek name, meaning: A gazelle.
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