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I PUT POISON IN HIS MUTTON

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I'm sorry, but this is what I think of.

I love the way it looks and it has very pleasant memories for me. I'd use it for a protagonist or other adult positive character in a book.

I'm not fond of it - while obviously it won't sound that way to a native Greek speaker, I can't help but think "dork ass". I do like the meaning "gazelle" though!

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Some middle names:
Dorcas Anastasia
Dorcas Cornelia
Dorcas Eleanor
Dorcas Frederica
Dorcas Gwendolyn
Dorcas Isadora
Dorcas Loretta
Dorcas Mallory
Dorcas Natasha
Dorcas Theodora
Dorcas Veronica

The meaning is pretty, but I don't like the sound, it's too harsh and blunt for me. That said, I'd be excited to see it. I think 'dork' is slightly dated slang. Right now I do associate it with that, but one day the slang will have fallen out of fashion and I think the name will come back as a "cute vintage" name, like Nora or Archie has.

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Dorcas Amalia
Dorcas Caroline
Dorcas Eleanor
Dorcas Frida
Dorcas Idony
Dorcas Lydia
Dorcas Maritta
Dorcas Matilda
Dorcas Ottilie
Dorcas Rosemary
Dorcas Tabitha
Dorcas Vivienne

In this Internet age, not being a native English speaker doesn't prevent a person from knowing what dork is.
Sorry, but Dorcas is a bad idea. Very bad. Try the Aramaic version, Tabitha; it also means gazelle, and I believe different versions of the Bible use it rather than Dorcas.

I've never been a fan of it. To me it sounds clunky and masculine, and of course there is the "dork" aspect of it.

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I think that there are better names that mean "gazelle," like Ayelet and Ceren.

Here’s the thing though. In my culture, Dorcas has been used for decades as the epitome example of a bad name because of its obvious dork association. It’s kind of like the perpetual joke of the name Gaylord for a boy. (A joke that isn’t holding up well as society evolves, but a perpetual joke nevertheless.). Dorcas has SO MUCH “dork” baggage in my culture that it’s impossible to separate from the joke. I recognize that other cultures don’t have this, but it’s asking a lot to ask an English-speaking person not to think “dork”. It’s like naming a kid Madonna and then requesting that people put the celebrity out of their minds.

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Also, it just has an unpleasant sound. That “orc” in the middle sounds like somebody getting ready to spit.

This message was edited 5/16/2019, 5:11 AM