Dorcas Family History
Dorcas Name Meaning
Irish: adopted for Ó Dorchaidhe ‘descendant of Dorchadh’ a personal name based on dorcha ‘dark’. The surname has been assimilated by folk etymology to the New Testament Greek female personal name Dorcas which is from a Greek word meaning ‘doe or gazelle’ equivalent to Aramaic Tabitha.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022