Dorcas

[Fallingovercliffs]

Heard a lovely, chubby, smiley toddler being addressed as this in a shop yesterday.
Does anyone know of any other little Dorcases around. I thought that name had died a death.

[SunnyBaudelaire]

its dreadful and sounds like a pincushion.
I did know one years ago but she would be over 50 now.

[BreeVDKamp]

My mum suggested Dorcas for pending DC1......... I remember being about 11 and meeting a HORRIBLE girl called Dorcas, and being about her name. I also thought the reason she was horrible must be because she had been bullied about being called DORCAS.

"Sounds like a pincushion"???!! Haha I have never heard that before. What does that mean?

[SunnyBaudelaire]

i dont know, wasn't 'dorcas' a make of pins years ago when mothers still sewed?

[BananaToast]

Never met one, it reminds me a of a cross between dork and orca (whale). Not good associations!

[Footlight]

Nooooooo!

Just no.

[123rd]

Yeah-was just going to add"dork!!!"

[marmaladegranny]

Out of kilter with you all! I love the name Dorcas - it's Biblical and apparently the Greek version of Tabitha...

[Fallingovercliffs]

Tabitha is a lovely name.

[TheNewStatesman]

You know what "dork" means, right?

Dork. Ass. Hmmmm....

Please, please, don't saddle your daughter with this name!

[OneFlewOverTheMumsNest]

I love this name and campaigned for it for DD. DH was firmly against sadly.

[usefully]

I like it!

I once knew a horse called Dorcas

[TheMuppetsSingChristmas]

Appalling, sorry. The term 'dork' as a mild insult is just too prevalaent for Dorca to be acceptable now I think.

[123Jump]

There is a Dorcas in one of my favourite films, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
She was one of the Brides.
Only time Ive ever heard of it, and not sure Im mad on it,tbh.

[Allstoppedup]

I'm so sorry, it looks nice but said aloud I just hear Dork and Ass...

[Yorkshirelassreturns]

Oh please no. I had a horrid ancient and mean piano teacher called Dorcas when I was a child and she near enough killed my love of music. Ruins the name for me but it's horrid and clunky anyway. Sorry but you asked! X

[TakeMeUpTheNorthMountain]

I worked with one recently. Im in Ireland though. And its a harsh sounding name. She want a fan of it herself

[HollyBdenum]

I've always really liked it.

[RoseyRuby]

I thought of 7 Brides as well! Only time I've ever heard it as well and wasn't sure I was hearing it right.

[UterusUterusGhali]

I always thought it was an old New Forest name but may be very mistaken on that.

[florascotia]

As marmalade says above, it's Greek. It means 'gazelle' - very graceful.

[colleysmill]

The only Dorcas I've ever known was in Larkrise to CandleFord!

[Devora]

I wanted to call dd1 Dorcas, but my entire extended family rose as one in rebellion (not to mention dp). I know they were right, but I still love it as a name. When I was at school we used to have an annual 'Dorcas Day' when we did stuff for charity. We used to knit patchwork blankets and send them to the elderly (lucky elderly).

[Heels99]

She is the fat cook in an Enid blytn book, max be a Cornish name

[Alisvolatpropiis]

A truly ugly name.

[Devora]

Guess it's just as well I didn't use it then