Name meaning & stats
Dorcas
Dorcas means “gazelle” (Ancient Greek origin). 3,925 US babies since 1940, peak 1955.
What it means
“gazelle”
Ancient GreekWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1955
3,925 US babies were named Dorcas between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Dorcas (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Dorcas is the main spelling
- Dorcas 96%
- Dorcus 4%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1955)