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Dorcas

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Maffy · 07/08/2010 15:50

What do you think of Dorcas for a girl? I like it, but my family has already shortened it to Dork!

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Margeaux · 08/08/2010 22:36

I don't like it - sorry.

TruthSweet · 08/08/2010 21:47

How about Dorsa? It means 'pearl like' in Persian. It has a kind of trill on the 'r' Dorr-sah (at least the lady I know who has Dorsa pronouces it like that Smile).

veyron · 08/08/2010 14:18

Are you having a laugh?

LibertyGibbet · 08/08/2010 13:06

Dorcas is a lovely name.

I like it very much indeed.

smother · 08/08/2010 13:02

I really wouldn't use this name. Sorry to be harsh, but you can't lumber a child with a potential nn of 'dorc', it's just not fair. Do you have any other names on your list? I'm sure they'd be better!

wb · 08/08/2010 11:39

It is my least favorite girls name ever, honestly.

TheMoonOnAStick · 08/08/2010 11:29

I'm sorry it has always reminded me of 'tortoise'.

But then I totally don't get the whole ironic old lady/old man name craze that's so popular atm.

Nancy66 · 08/08/2010 11:26

Unless you really want your kid to hate you - then don't.

'dorc' for short....?

missnevermind · 08/08/2010 09:10

Dorcas was one of the girls in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
So I always think of a dark haired dancer with long legs and red lipstick.
Same as CoKooks I think of somebody glamorous

WoTmania · 08/08/2010 08:47

I love it.
There was a girl at school called Dorcas. Fab name.

PaulineCampbellJones · 08/08/2010 08:41

Did you get the name from Lark Rise to Candleford? Just think you are unfortunately going to open your DC up to dork name calling as you say.

LetThereBeRock · 07/08/2010 20:59

It's hideous.

MissBonpoint · 07/08/2010 20:13

Bad bad name. Confident you can do better.

quaere · 07/08/2010 20:12

No I hate it, sounds like a character from a fantasy novel

CoupleofKooks · 07/08/2010 20:10

oh i love dorcas - and to me it is a glamorous name! isn't it funny how people's interpretations differ? i think of a 1950s starlet type
i wanted dorcas for a girl, but dp vetoed ("dork")
he picked dulcie instead - which can be shortened to "dull" Hmm

we have boys so far, btw :o

Bellepink · 07/08/2010 20:05

It's a shade too far for me (and I like quite a few far-out or lesser-liked names!)

I feel Edith, Tabitha and Martha are in the same vein but a lot nicer. Dorcas is clumsy(IMHO). To me, it also sounds like an adjective rather than a name! Confused

bowbluebell · 07/08/2010 19:50

I have an old school friend who is a Dorcas. It suits her perfectly as she's irrepresibly rustic (fires her own pottery, grows three types of cabbage) and she's pretty 'individual'; she could never be an Emma or Claire.

TBH, with any unusual name, people sort of grow into it when you know them well and the initial associations fade away.

I think Dorcas could be described as pretty but 'character building' as a name, but there's nothing wrong with that (IMHO!)

bessyboop · 07/08/2010 18:00

Are you Welsh, Maffy? I think Dorcas is a lovely name - I thought about calling my DD Dorcas, but went for a safer option (because of the shortening to Dork, I suppose!)I know of a Dorcas in North Wales.

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LynetteScavo · 07/08/2010 17:47

Apparently it's offered in the Bible as an "interpretation" of the Aramaic name Tabitha.

Dora for short?

TBH, I wouldn't use it.

moondog · 07/08/2010 17:45

I like it, it remind me of being small and growing up in the South Pacific where there were a lot of Dorcases.

TotorosOcarina · 07/08/2010 17:42

Farking hell, no.

NiceCuppaT · 07/08/2010 17:41

Pretty!!? I don't think so! It's horrendous!
Prefer vera, ethel, irene, enid, blanche, avis....

IneedacleanerIamalazyslattern · 07/08/2010 17:28

Dorcas is quite a nice name and I do know someone called Dorcas but she does get called things like doofus as a joke and does take it in good spirits but still not a nice nn choice.

LaundryLyne · 07/08/2010 17:24
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