• Source: Dorcas (given name)

Dorcas is a female given name. It derives from Dorcas (Ancient Greek: Δορκάς, romanized: Dorkás; Imperial Aramaic: טביתא, romanized: Ṭabītā), a figure from Acts of the Apostles (9:36–42) in the New Testament.
Persons named Dorcas include:

Dorcas ye blackmore (c. 1620–after 1677), one of the first named African Americans to settle in New England
Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan (born 1998), Nigerian badminton player
Dorcas Blackwood, 1st Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye (1726–1807), Northern Irish personage
Dorcas Brigham (1896-1986), American botanist, horticulturist
Dorcas Cochran (c. 1903–1991), American lyricist and screenwriter
Dorcas Coker-Appiah (born 1946), Ghanaian lawyer and women's rights activist
Dorcas Denhartog (born 1965), American skier
Dorcas Drake (1916–1993), American philanthropist
Dorcas Good (ca. 1687/1688–?), child accused of witchcraft at the Salem witch trials
Dorcas Gyimah (born 1992), Ghanaian sprinter
Dorcas Fellows (1873–1938), American librarian
Dorcas Hardy (1946-2019), American government official
Dorcas Hoar (c. 1634–1711), widow accused of witchcraft at the Salem witch trials
Dorcas Honorable (c. 1770–1855), Native American, last indigenous inhabitant of Nantucket
Dorcas Kelly (died 1761), Irish brothel keeper and alleged serial killer
Dorcas Makgato-Malesu, Botswanan cabinet minister
Dorcas Martin (1537–1599), English bookseller active in religious controversies
Dorcas Murunga (born 1969), Kenyan volleyball player
Dorcas Muthoni, Kenyan entrepreneur
Dorcas Nakhomicha Ndasaba (born 1971), Kenyan volleyball player
Dorcas Reilly (born 1926), Inventor of Green Bean Casserole




See also


Dorka Gryllus (born 1972), Hungarian actress

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