Forename Dorkas

Worldwide, Dorkas (Dorkas , Доркас ) is quite a common principally female, but scarcely masculine first name. The given name Dorkas is habitual in Tanzania, where it is quite a rare feminine name, Indonesia, where it is quite a rare predominantly female, but scarcely masculine name, and Cameroon, where it is a rare girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Indonesia, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Much less frequently, Dorkas is the last name as well as the forename.

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Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Dorkas

name 多卡斯, name Dorkás, name Dórkas, name Доркас, name Dorkas, name Dorkaç

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Dorkas	Nigeria, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Indonesia
Доркас	Ukraine, Russia

First names said to be same

Dorkaç, Dorkás, Dórkas, and 多卡斯

Notable namesakes

	dorkas reinacher-härlin DE (b. 1885)
	dorkas kiefer German actress, DE (b. 1972)
	dorkas syrovátková (b. 1951)

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